History Admissions Assessment (HAA), MML Admissions Assessment; 2x interviews
Interview 1: discussing the usefulness of studying history and languages; Interview 2: submitted essays
Re-read personal statement and submitted essays
Read over past papers
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Test taken: History Admissions Assessment (HAA), MML Admissions Assessment
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: None
Length of interviews: 15 minutes
Online interview: No
In my MML interview, I was given a text to read beforehand, and a few lines of French to translate. I would say that the theme of the interview was broadly the usefulness of studying a language alongside History, and also problematising the study of a language (for example the accuracy of translations). My personal statement was briefly mentioned, but overall this wasn't really an interview that I could have prepared for, because the questions were mostly quite abstract and frankly a bit random. 99% of the interview was in English.
The History interview was even more unpredictable - I wasn't given any materials to work with and even though my submitted essays were talked about a little most of the questions seemed to come out of nowhere. However this wasn't a bad thing, it was more of a chance to be creative with my answers and not feel stressed about reeling off facts! All my interviewers were very friendly but also very probing with their questions. Basically the atmosphere was relaxed but they didn't let me off easy. I was very
I pored over my personal statement and the essays I submitted, thinking up any questions that were likely to be asked based on what I had written. This made me feel less worried about being off guard and looking stupid. I also did some more reading on topics I was interested in, so that I could possibly bring them up.
Honestly, I didn't really prepare except reading over some past papers.