I had two interviews and they were both in the morning. The first with one interviewer (now my Director of Studies) and the second with two interviewers (other Fellows at Clare).

My first interview was more oriented towards politics and international relations, and second was more oriented towards archaeology and anthropology (very loosely - I was more interested in the politics and IR route so that was reflected in my personal statement and therefore in the questions they asked).

My first interview felt alright - at the time I felt like my interviewer thought I was being stupid because she was questioning every single thing I said and offering reasons that could be wrong, but I've since realised that's what they do to everyone and not a reflection that I wasn't saying anything intelligent! She asked about what I'd enjoyed studying at A-Level, which led to a discussion about socialism. She then asked what I thought of some political events going on at the time, so we mostly talked about UKIP.

My second interview started with having to read an article, which we then discussed - it was on artificial intelligence. I can't really remember what we talked about - this one felt odd because it wasn't really about anything on my personal statement or that I knew much about, but I think that was the point.

I don't think I really did anything to prepare.

If you're applying for a humanities subject, I'd recommend just finding some articles online about something related to your subject, and practising just talking them through with a friend/parent/teacher, pointing out what you each find interesting, whether there's anything you'd like to know more about or challenge, etc.

Your interview won't necessarily involve reading a text and talking about it, but I think one thing that struck me after my interview was the fact that it was the first time I'd spoken about something academic for that long with an adult (that wasn't in a lesson). I think it's something that would have made me more comfortable in my interviews.