2x 20 min interviews, 1 day apart
Interview 1: International Relations, graph; Interview 2 (philosophy and economics): ethics, economic measures
Past papers, guide book
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Try not to feel intimidated or inadequate; don't worry too much about personal statement.
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 interviews: 20 minutes each
The two interviews were divided into two ten-minute sections. The first interview was split between International Relations, with no question sheet or extra material, and questions focussing on a graph.
The second interview was divided equally between Philosophy and Economics, with the Philosophy section dealing with some of the ethical issues a society may face when setting up a moral code. The Economics portion addressed different ways of comparing countries' wealth and the problems that they face.
The interviews started off intimidating, but I managed to relax into it and the
I did several practice papers and studied a
Try not to feel intimidated or inadequate when compared to the people around you. The very fact you are at the interview means that you were hand picked by the people interviewing you, and you have exactly the same opportunity to get in as anyone else.
Also, don't worry too much about your personal statement, as at least at Christ Church they didn't put too much stock in it.