3x 30 min interviews
Interview 1: English poem and Shakespeare translation given earlier, short conversation in French, personal statement; Interview 2: personal statement, switching between French and English; Interview 3: similar to Interview 1
A-level notes, grammar books
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Prepare a bit more than I did.
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Test taken:
Number of interviews: 3
Skype interview: No
Length of interviews: 30 minutes each
1st interview - I prepared notes on a poem in English and a translation of Shakespeare; there was a small amount of talking in French and there were some general questions based on personal statement.
2nd interview - We switched between French and English, mostly based on a handful of points in my personal statement. This one was the most relaxed and the most entertaining, it was nice to use French without it feeling forced like in the first.
3rd interview - This was much the same as the first (at a different college) - it felt more tense because the
I looked over A-level notes and grammar books.
I didn't feel like I prepared a lot short of re-reading material I had put on my personal statement. I would recommend more preparation than that, and also maybe to brush up speaking in your foreign language if you haven't spoken it in a couple of months (though they didn't mind mistakes/hesitation at all).