Modern And Medieval Languages @ King's, Cambridge in 2016

Interview format

2x interviews (+ 30 mins reading time for each), 1x test

Interview content

Reading; gap year; specific interests

Best preparation

Reading; practicing speaking

Final thoughts

Don't think about it afterwards too much

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

Interview, assessment, interview (1 interviewer in each interview, half an hour reading before each interview)

What happened in your interview? How did you feel?

Mostly about my reading, how I planned to spend my gap year, my specific interests.

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

Make sure not to think about it after it's done and there is nothing else you can do, you always focus on the bad points but actually there are plenty of positives to focus on too.