My day started with the reading of a recent news article about an Engineering project. I had half an hour to read through the passage and to answer some written questions, based on the discussion in the article - these were very open ended with real correct answers at the end. I had one technical interview with two interviewers. A second interview was more focused on my personal statement and UCAS application. This second interview had only one interviewer, and both interviews were around 30 minutes in duration.

The first interview focused on discussing the passage and my workings on the questions, and one or two other general technical questions from my UCAS application as a whole.

In the second I was asked several technical questions, mostly based off things I said on my personal statement, but also some questions which were relevant to the general conversation.

Although I felt rather nervous during the interviews, as everyone does, they were both very relaxed.

I read some books on Engineering - but be absolutely sure that if you've read some books you can talk A LOT about them, otherwise the veracity of your whole application can seem somewhat questionable. They are really looking for enthusiasm and if you've completed some Engineering projects in your spare time then they really like to talk about that, and it's a great way to show you're genuinely interested. To prepare for engineering questions, including the ENGAA, I would highly recommend "http://i-want-to-study-engineering.org/".

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