3x 20-30 min interviews, over 2 days
Physics questions; 1 interview based around personal statement
Practice papers
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Explain thought process; ask for hints if stuck.
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: 3
Skype interview: No
Interviews spread over 2 days
Length of interviews: 20-30 minutes each
The interviews were purely academic: physics questions were asked until one was found in which I struggled, and then the interviewer helped me along until the answer was arrived at.
1 of the 3 interviews based its questions around my personal statement.
The atmosphere was fairly tense, slightly more tense than future
I did practice papers.
There’s not much you can do to prepare, if a subject comes up that you’ve never come across before then say so. Every step you do, make sure to explain exactly what you plan on doing and how you plan on doing it, and explain each step along the way. If you get stuck then ask for a hint, the