1x 20 min interview & 1x 45 min interview, 1 day apart
Interview 1: English poem and German prose given beforehand; Interview 2: personal statement, MLAT
Practice papers, grammar exercises
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When given a text, think about why you've been given it and why it might be interesting.
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 interview 1: 20 minutes; Length of Interview 2: 45 minutes
In one interview we discussed an English poem and a German prose text that I had been given time to prepare for. The questions were about context and authorial intention.
In the second interview, we discussed my personal statement and
The second interview was more relaxed, but I felt comfortable in both.
I did practice papers, as well asgrammar exercises (e.g. on irregular verbs).
When looking at a text, think about why they are showing it to you- Why is it interesting? Does it make a point about refugees, about memory - about history, war, cultural divide?