My interview was in early December. I arrived at the plodge and was directed to walk to a waiting room where there were a lot of other engineering interviewees. There were some current student helpers but they didn't do much; they kind of hung around the coffee machine and took people to and from the interview room. I had two 2-on-1, around 20 minutes interviews, one more chatty about general engineering interests and one completely academic. Plus one TSA test in the computer room. The TSA took one hour and was on the same day as the interviews, so I was pretty tired after that.

In the first interview, we talked about electric cars, which I had mentioned on my personal statement. Then we moved onto questions which included things like resistors. They were pretty hard but there was a stack of blank paper and I wrote down my working while explaining why I was doing certain things.

For my second interview there wasn't much talking, just tricky physics and maths questions. I remember one about a jet engine and also an integration question. This one didn't go too well because the interviewers seemed to be rushed for time.

Mostly completing sample questions on i-want-to-study-engineering.org, C3L6, Brilliant.org and practicing voicing out my thinking process. I also went on the Engineering Department (CUED) website and looked up their reading list; reading a few of those just got me thinking about the world and how engineering is important.

To international students: if you're flying in from someplace far away make sure you come in earlier. Most colleges offer a free night of accommodation before the day of the interview butI'd recommed staying for longer if possible