Theology, Religion, And Philosophy Of Religion @ St Catharine's, Cambridge in 2021

Interview format

Theology Admissions Assessment; 1 interview

Interview content

General questions, conversation

Best preparation

Reading widely, speaking to people

Test preparation

Practice papers

Final thoughts

Be yourself and show that you love 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: Theology Admissions Assessment
Number of interviews: 1
Time between interviews: N/A
Length of interviews: About 45 minutes
Online interview: Yes

What happened in your interview? How did you feel?

Pretty general questions, philosophical, personal, not much to do with my personal statement - bouncing off of things I say as we go along.

How did you prepare for your interviews?

I kept up to date with current affairs, read widely and especially on subjects complimenting my personal statement points of interest. Spoke to family friends at Cambridge about the experience, and practiced a few times with teachers at school.

If you took a test, how did you prepare?

Practice papers from the faculty website

What advice would you give to future applicants?

Be yourself, smile lots, the most important thing to get across is that you genuinely love your subject, and you will be a charismatic asset to their faculty.