2x 30 min interviews, 1 day apart
Poem given beforehand, personal statement, recent reading
Timed past papers
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Used online resources and books from library on Oxbridge; talked to teachers; watched vlogs on subject; went over literary terminology and personal statement.
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.
Test taken:
Number of interviews: 2
Skype interview: No
Time between each interview: 1 day
Length of interviews: 30 minutes each
I was given a poem, which I annotated and then talked about with interviewers. I talked about what was on my personal statement, and the books I had recently read and what I thought of them.
I practised timed past papers.
I used lots of online resources and books from my local library on Oxbridge. I talked to teachers at school but didn’t do a practice interview. I just watched people’s vlogs on the subject and made sure I knew my literary terminology and what I had written on my personal statement well.