History @ Clare, Cambridge in 2015

Interview format

2x interviews (45 mins each)

Interview content

First interview - about the essays I had handed in;Second interview - personal statement (history related); wider general historical discussions.

Best preparation

Practice interviews

Final thoughts

None

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.

Interview Format

2 interviews involving 2 interviewers each. Each one was about 45 minutes I think. One interview was essay based and the other one was about my personal statement and an unseen piece of primary material.

What happened in your interview? How did you feel?

First interview - about the essays I handed in and general questions about those. The second was about my personal statement, and about the inter-relationship between subjects I had studied, general historical problem-solving and a broader discussion about my historical interests.

How did you prepare?

Organized by school - practice interviews

Looking back, what advice would you give to your past self?

No