Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment (NSAA); 1x interview
Interview 1: personal statement, physiology and biochemistry questions
Reviewed schoolwork and read some extra books
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Try to verbalise your thought processes
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Test taken: Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment (NSAA)
Number of interviews: 1
Skype interview: no
Time between interviews: N/A
Length of first interview: 30 minutes
The interview started wih a brief discussion of my personal statement, before going into the main part of the interview. In this, we mainly discussed one central question, pertaining to physiology and biochemistry, and related concepts to the question. The interview ended up being more of a discussion rather than an interrogation, which really helped me feel relaxed and genuinely engaged in the conversation.
I completed practice admissions test papers which I found on the Cambridge Natural Sciences website. Prior to the interview, I mainly reviewed my schoolwork, read a couple of extra books and read through my personal statement. I also found some sample interview questions and thought about how I might respond to them. Also, my school was really helpful as we had
I don't think I would do anything differently because the purpose of the interview is to assess your thought processes, not your specific knowledge or ability to answer questions correctly immediately. Try to verbalise your thought process or write down all your workings for math problems, etc. to enable the interviewers to assess you on your abilities.