2x 45 min interviews, 1 day apart; short economics test
History: written work; Economics: problem-based
Recapped history and economics A-level knowledge
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Tests taken:
Number of interviews: 2
Skype interview: No
Time between each interview: 1 day
Length of interviews: about 45 minutes each
In my history interview, the discussion was centred on the essay I had sent in as an example of my written work. They had told me to expect this, and they also ended up asking me to link some of the themes we discussed to other periods of history I was studying/had studied.
For my economics interview it was problem-based, so I was not expected to have any prior knowledge, was presented with the beginnings of a problem, and was supported to reach some answers and talk about my thinking throughout. I felt like both interviews were fair.
I looked at past papers for the
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