My interview was in December. I stayed in college the night before the interview, and made my way to the JCR on interview day. Here I was greeted by a group of students who told me where to wait, and said they would take me to my interviews when the time came. I had 2 interviews in total. The first was around 20 minutes long, and was with two interviewers - one of these was an admissions tutor. The second was again with two interviewers, but this one was much more academic than the first.

In my first interview we discussed more abstract concepts, such as how we would consider or diagnose certain historic groups of people using modern criteria. At the time this felt like I was talking in circles, but it wasn't too bad by the end.

In the second interview, the focus was more intensely on psychology. I was asked to interpret a graph, and how I would design an experiment on a topic they gave me. At the time I felt more pressure in this interview, and I definitely said a few really silly things because of the nerves.

I don't think any of my preparation was absolutely essential, but I do think that just sitting down and brainstorming answers to potential interview questions around my personal statement helped a bit. I didn't get asked anything I thought I would, but the process of thinking about how I could answer those questions probably helped.

No one really knows how well they did at interview, so try not to overthink it either before or after. Just go in, talk about your subject and tell the interviewers what you're thinking, then go on with your day as if it never happened. Otherwise, it can be tempting to try and seek out people to discuss things with, or to sit and think about all the places you (think!) went wrong, which really won't help you in the long run.