MML Admissions Assessment; 2x interviews.
Interview 1: discussion of unseen passage in target language, personal statement, grammatical problem solving.
Reviewed personal statement; researched everything included on PS.
Past paper.
Don't overthink; don't be intimidated by other applicants.
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: MML admission exam
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: 2/3 hours
Length of interviews: 30-40 minutes
Online interview: No
50% was a discussion about literature (both from personal statement and some reading that was given to me 30 mins before interview), 50% was speaking in the foreign language and a language/grammar test conducted in the foreign language
Made sure I knew my stuff about everything in my personal statement — that was it really.
I did 1 past paper
Don’t overthink if you think the interview isn’t going well — it probably means that you’re being pushed to your limits which is a good sign. Don’t allow yourself to be distracted/intimidated by other people at interview —