Reliability of Competency-Based, Applicant-Centered Multiple Mini-Interviews for Selection into Japan's Basic Postgraduate Clinical Training

Aim: Despite the established reliability of multiple mini-interviews (MMIs), some studies have questioned the practicability of setting approximately seven or more stations and of administering them “all-at-once”. Besides, limited evidence exists of MMIs' reliability related to (a) interview time and (b) two interview question types: situational questions (SQs) and past-behavioral questions (PBQs). This study investigated reliability of a competency-based, applicant-centered, SQ/PBQ-based postgraduate MMI with fewer stations and longer interview time.