Arts-Humanities Admissions Assessment; 2x interviews
Interview 1: unseen texts; Interview 2: discussion of unseen passage, personal statement.
Reviewed personal statement
:ooked at past papers.
Don't be intimidated by the interviewer; try to relax!
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:
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: An hour and a half
Length of interviews: 20-30 mins
Online interview: No
I was given texts in both of my interviews and was asked questions about the texts as well as my personal statement. We eventually went off onto a tangent about something else.
I made sure I knew my personal statement well and that any books/films/art I mentioned in it I was familiar with. I did a really relaxed fake interview with my dad on the morning of my interview to calm my nerves.
I didn’t really prepare. I looked at one past paper to see how the questions were set out — but other than that I didn’t do anything.