Education Written Assessment; 2x interviews
Interview 1: personal interests; Interview 2: subject disucssions
Reading a lot
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Test taken: Education Written Assessment
Number of interviews: 2
Skype interview: no
Time between interviews: 4 hours
Length of first interview: 15 minutes; Length of second interview: 30 minutes
The first interview was not subject related so I was asked about what I imagined life in Cambridge to be like. I also talked about the workload at school and my interest in the subject. I was
In the second subject related interview I was given different statements on Education and we discussed them. It was rather like a chat and we were sitting around a coffee table so I felt quite comfortable.
The best thing I did was to read a lot as preparation. I also practiced essays. During the interview I had the impression that they really liked that I was continuously talking even if my thoughts were not really well thought-out. But they could see how my thinking developed throughout the interview and that their questions and suggestions had an impact on me. I guess they wanted to see that I was
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