4 x <40 min interviews and MLAT
Questions about my written work and books mentioned in my personal statement, and poem pre-reading
I just re-read any books mentioned in my statement
Revised all A level grammar, and got a grammar exercise book and completed it during summer. I did all the past papers and also practised some UKLO papers as they are basically the same
Just keep thinking aloud, and don't let other candidates stress you out by saying they are fluent or that they are a world expert - that is not what the tutors are looking for.
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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: Modern Languages Admissions Test (MLAT)
Number of interviews: 4
Time between interviews: I was in Oxford for 4 days
Length of interviews: Less than 40 mins
Online interview: No
I was asked questions about my written work and books mentioned in my personal statement. In every interview, the majority of the time was spent discussing a poem that was given to me to read just before the interview.
Honestly, I didn't prepare for interviews, I just re-read any books mentioned in my statement.
I revised all A level grammar, and got a grammar exercise book and completed it during summer. For the language aptitude paper, I did all the past papers and also practised some UKLO papers as they are basically the same.
Just keep thinking aloud, and don't let other candidates stress you out by saying they are fluent or that they are a world expert - that is not what the tutors are looking for.