3x 15 min interviews, over 2 days
Interview 1: philosophy and economics questions; Interview 2: politics election graph discussion
Looked over online preparatory material and personal statement
Try to avoid being boxed into a corner when answering a question
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.
Test taken:
Number of interviews: 3
Time between interviews: Between a few hours and a day
Length of interviews: 15 minutes
Online interview: No
I was asked 3 questions, each lasting 5 minutes, for philosophy and economics. Then for politics, I was shown a graph of general election results and asked questions about it. The interviewers ranged from very friendly to
I read the preparatory material on the Oxford website, went over my personal statement and predicted what questions I could be asked about it.I also re-read the books I had mentioned in the statement.
Did practice papers, watched videos produced by Jesus College (very helpful)
Be careful when asked a question not to choose your answer and then be forced into a corner where you have to defend it. Instead, explore the question in the allocated time and announce your position at the end. The answer you choose immediately is probably not the right one, and