Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment (NSAA); 2x interviews
Interview 1: discussion of interests within biology; Interview 2: maths questions, biological research
Did wider reading
Revised A Level content
Think out loud to let the interviewers see how you think
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Test taken:
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: 10 minutes
Length of interviews: 1 hour
Online interview: No
The first interview was quite informal -just having a discussion about some areas of biology that I liked and some chemistry too just proposing ideas and experiments, more of an informal chat.
The second interview was a bit harder, we did some maths and talked about some probable situations involved in biological systems, but again I settled into it and it became more of a discussion of biological research.
I did a couple of
Revising A Level content, past papers and I
Dont worry too much about sounding intelligent straight away - in my second interview there were times were I would sit in silence trying to figure out what to say, but as it went on I found out that it was much better to think aloud as it lets them know how you think, and they can guide you more easily.