MMI Time Limit

[ejc4300]

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I keep landing around the 4 minute mark for answering practice MMI questions. The interview I'm doing has an 8 minute limit. 2 to think and 6 to enter room and speak. is 4/6 minutes too much time for speaking my thoughts? should I really be chopping it down? I really don't feel I can adequately answer in 2-3 minutes. I hardly touch on any important points before that time mark. Advice?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

How many questions are your answering after the initial question prompt? Being more concise is generally better since most attention spend are about 90 seconds to 2 minutes. If you see how news interviews are conducted, most give answers that are about 1 to 2 minutes long.

 

[ejc4300]

How many questions are your answering after the initial question prompt? Being more concise is generally better since most attention spend are about 90 seconds to 2 minutes. If you see how news interviews are conducted, most give answers that are about 1 to 2 minutes long.

it is 6 questions total each with that 8 minute limit and I'm assuming I go to a new room each time. so after the prompt, it is likely 1 question/scenario. and yeah, I realize the importance of being concise but the questions are often so complex and I feel the need to be in depth with my responses. very tricky to find the balance

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Okay, I'm not sure I understand your answer, but here is how the typical MMI is run (time limits will vary):

1) Two minutes to present the scenario (read in silence).
2) Five to eight minutes to interact. Assuming a typical behavior-based scenario with 1 evaluator*, I normally would assign the evaluator two to three additional follow-up questions that must also be answered. Consequently, each station should have the known scenario plus at least one reflection follow-up question that you must answer for full credit (depending on the rubric or instructions to the evaluator).

* This excludes any "team-based"/collaboration scenarios. For example (not from an actual MMI, but hopefully more entertaining):


Usually, this involves one candidate giving instructions to another candidate regarding a task or describing something with verbal instructions only. Two evaluators are observing (one for each candidate). Usually one is drawing or doing something like tying knots.