Philosophy @ Christ's, Cambridge in 2018

Interview format

Philosophy Admissions Assessment; 2x interviews.

Interview content

Interview 1: philosophy questions; Interview 2: philosophy questions

Best preparation

Practice papers.

Final thoughts

Make sure you're interested in your subject!

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.

Interview Format

Test taken: Philosophy Admissions Test
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: 2 hours
Length of interviews: 30 mins
Online interview: No

What happened in your interview? How did you feel?

I was asked philosophy questions in both of my interviews. They did not ask me about my personal statement. I was nervous but the interviews were friendly.

How did you prepare?

Practice papers, BMAT questions (they where strangely similar to the philosophy questions).

Looking back, what advice would you give to your past self?

Make sure you’ve done the practice papers (the real thing was very similar). Make sure you are interested in your subject (it seems as though this is what they are most attracted to).