5 x 15-30 min interviews
Read a philosophical argument and then had to answer related questions
BBC In Our Times was great for finding material about my course
Have faith in yourself
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: Philosophy Test
Number of interviews: 5
Time between interviews: An hour or two
Length of interviews: 15-30 minutes
Online interview: No
Three of the interviews had a sheet I was required to read with a philosophical argument and then I had to answer related questions- other questions were why I wanted to study this subject or related to the books I read on my personal statement
Due to the nature of my course, anything could come up so I tried to do some general reading from science (the universe, mostly) to things like literature and psychology. BBC In Our Times was great for finding material about my course
My teacher and I went over past papers online- I would first do them on my own then I’d got I the session after school and we’d go over it- she would also explain to me the questions I didn’t try
Have faith in yourself- it’s a stressful process, but no pain no gain! The interviews can be gruelling, but even if you feel that they went horribly, that doesn’t mean you failed- they might think it went really good! At the end of the day, you just have to remember that you will never know if you never try, and knowing is far better than spending your life wondering “what if?”