4 x 20-45 min interviews
A short text to look at before and personal statement, and in one of them I was given a poem to analyse in the interview
I revised texts on A-Level course and personal statement, and had one practice interview with my school teacher
Past papers
They want to see how you work things out so try and think out loud
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Test taken: English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT)
Number of interviews: 4
Time between interviews: Shortest 3hrs longest 24hrs
Length of interviews: One 45 mins the rest 20 mins
Online interview: No
In 3 of them I had a short text to look at before and then spoke for half the time about that and the rest on my personal statement, one of them I was given a poem to analyse in the interview
I revised texts on A-Level course and personal statement, had one
Looked at past papers
Think of things beforehand that you like talking about to do with your subject and then you can steer the discussion towards those if you're stuck. I don't think they're looking for particular answers but they want to see how you work things out so try and think out loud