3x 30 min interviews, over 1 day
All interviews: general discussion; Economics: data given beforehand
Book of practice questions
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Had a practice interview; looked at advice online
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: 30 minutes each
There was a general discussion to start with, covering a few specific parts of my personal statement (with follow-up questions), followed by 3 or 4 set questions. For the economics interview I was given the data that I would be questioned on 10 minutes before I went in. I was expected to talk through my thought-process for each question, justifying my answer. The atmosphere in the room was quite intense, with 3 interviewers in the first and 2 in the second, but they made a clear effort to put me at ease, and at no point was I made to feel like I didn't deserve to be in the interview or that I had said anything stupid - although I'm sure I did!
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I'm not sure the online advice was particularly useful, but I would strongly recommend practice interviews - provided that you do not expect them to be in any way similar to the actual interview - as they were a great way of seeing how you act when put on the spot in such a situation.