Arts-Humanities Admissions Assessment (AHAA); 2x interviews
Interview 1: sources extracts; Interview 2: personal statement, submitted essays
Reading around the subject
Practice papers
Try to realise that the interviews are an amazing opportunity
Remember this advice isn't official. There is no guarantee it will reflect your experience because university applications can change between years. Check the official Cambridge and Oxford websites for more accurate information on this year's application format and the required tests.
Also, someone else's experience may not reflect your own. Most interviews are more like conversations than tests and like, any conversation, they are quite interactive.
Test taken: Arts-Humanities Admissions Assessment (AHAA)
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: 3 hours
Length of interviews: 30-40 minutes
Online interview: No
The first one was based on a series of extracts which they asked me questions about. They were mainly historiographical, like how reliable the sources were and what impacted the writing etc. The second one was based on my personal statement and the two essays I sent in, but they then asked me what other books I’d been reading.
Reading!! I was lucky that my school arranged
Practice papers, practice papers, practice papers!
Love your subject, don’t panic (easier than it sounds) and realise it’s an amazing opportunity. I actually really enjoyed my interviews and I put that down to mainly being really interested in my subject and having read enough around it but also because I somehow managed to rationalise the situation. Your worth isn’t based on your Oxbridge interview and there is a degree of luck involved, so try and make the most of the opportunity to chat with some very interesting people. They’re not out to get you and they’re normally lovely people who want you to do well (remember they’ve got to do tonnes of these things so they want to be engaged). Good luck and don’t panic!!