2x interviews (30 mins each)
One largely based on specific area; the other more general medicine/work experience
Know how to stay calm
Stay grounded
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.
I waited in the
One was centered around cardiology, and the other chemistry and general medicine/
I answered some questions so stupidly initially and then had light bulb moments that we all laughed about. We talked about materials used in cardiology, specific diseases and the future of medicine, as well as a test I mentioned in my personal statement.
Practise
Enjoy it and try not to pin all your hopes on it! It's a great opportunity to talk about a subject you hopefully find interesting but if it goes badly, it's not the end of the world. At the end of the day, there's an element of luck to it, so if you don't get in, it doesn't mean you're stupid or that your career will be stunted. Though we wouldn't trade it for the world, many Cambridge students perhaps would have