Plymouth University Primary School Education Interview

Hey I've had an interview there already, in early December, so might be able to give you some tips!

First we registered, they checked our documents and took them away to be photocopied. I met lots of lovely people whilst we were waiting - don't be afraid to talk to people! We went into a lecture theater, watched a presentation about the course in more detail, and then completed the tests. It was a maths and English test - it was only short, about half an hour, really simple maths, about Year 6 standard I think he said! But I just found this was pressure not to do anything wrong! The group interviews were different for each specialism - I know some people had small individual slots allocated by their interviewer, but most were group interviews. There were 8 people being interviewed for my specialism - Humanities, but the interviewer split us into two groups of 4. We were asked questions and went around the group offering our opinions and discussing them. Just be as confident as you can and try to feel comfortable and at ease.

What specialism did you apply for? Feel free to ask me anything else about the day!

Wow! Thanks, my specialism is humanities too! It says at the bottom of the article to try and relate it to work experience, did they ask many questions on this? I'm not sure how to do it? What were the questions like? Sorry, I think I'm babbling a bit, this is my first interview and I'm really nervous!

What kind of stuff is on the maths/english tests? Are they like year 6 sats?

Do you know how long it will be until you hear back from them?