MML Admissions Assessment; 2x interviews.
Interview 1: grammar problems; personal statement; discussion of literature; Interview 2: discussion of prompt card in target language; grammar problem solving.
practice papers.
Read up on literature.
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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: MML subject test
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: 1 hour
Length of interviews: 20-30 mins
Online interview: No
The French interview consisted of a few pages of verbal grammar tests, which I mainly got wrong so the interviewer moved on quickly. Then we spoke about my personal statement and what I had mentioned my interests were. Here I was able to speak a lot about the reading I was doing, and the extra things I had done. I was able to take the discussion where I wanted and the interviewer was very relaxed and let me talk on and on!
The Spanish interview began with a chat in Spanish about a prompt card but very easy - a GCSE topic. We then did verbal grammar tests and when I got things wrong, I was given a second chance. We then moved onto literature and the questions were challenging but it was more focused on knowing how I dealt with the challenges and led the discussion rather than getting it wrong or right.
I did a few practice admissions assessments and did some commentaries on unseen passages so I was ready and prepared. I also did a couple of
I had basically tried to learn the whole history of France and give myself an idea of their artistic history, which was ridiculous and none of what I learnt came up. There is no need to learn specific details and the interviewer just wants to chat about the books you have mentioned and perhaps a couple more. I would say overall to not overprepare, the vibe is a lot more chill than one thinks and they really don’t expect academic genius!