My interview was in early January - I was met by a current student and taken around. It was really obvious where I had to be and I even got free lunch (free Capri Sun was the highlight though). I remember being completely overawed and thinking I was probably way out of my depth. P.S. if you even get an interview you’re definitely not out of your depth in any way, sense or form.

I had a 1h written test (could choose which language) which went fairly well, quickly followed by a French interview which I thought went terribly. My German interview was a similar format, but I had to speak some German too.

In French, it was mainly a discussion of the text I’d been given beforehand, but also got onto Personal Statement stuff. I had to read a poem out loud in French, but otherwise there was no direct language testing. I’d mentioned I did philosophy+ethics in my personal statement and my interviewer (now Director or Studies) asked me a fair bit about God/religion.

In German I was asked a bit more about my personal interests (I’d written down a couple of films I’d seen on my Personal Statement) and there was a bit where I had to speak in German. It was fairly basic stuff (think holidays/interests) but I’ve lived in Germany a year and it’s still not perfect, so don’t be too harsh on yourself. If you were perfect, there’d be no point of even being there - I made a lot of silly mistakes.

In general, both my interview experiences were stressful, but chill. They just want to see you’re interested, responsive and teachable - they want to see if you can listen and engage.

My school didn’t really prepare me at all for the interview and I always took things I read online with a pinch of salt. If you can contact current students of your subject for a bit of insight, I’d recommend it, but if not, don’t worry.

It’s impossible to know how it went!