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Cambridge interview preparation- resources/advice?

I'll be applying for natural sciences (physical) so will probably get a physics interview (along with a maths/chemistry one).

Does anyone know of any good resources or have tips in general to prepare for the interview?

Also, which should I start with? I'm thinking of self teaching the maths modules to lighten the workload for the start of the A2 year, but don't know if that's the best thing I could do now to prepare. I have about 2 weeks before college starts.

So far, I've come up with:
-Doing PAT tests
-Physics Olympiad questions
-Past interview questions

Any more suggestions would be appreciated (provided they're given before December of course...)

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Also, does anyone know any good site for Fermi problems (which are on par with Oxbridge difficulty)?

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Jozden

This is quite a good website for physics/maths questions: http://i-want-to-study-engineering.org

Most of all I would recommend brushing up on your maths ie C1-C4 if you've finished A-level maths and if not then try do as much as you can. Graph drawing practice also helps a lot

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BP_Tranquility

Heard that they like to ask you to sketch graphs and ask mechanics/calculus questions -any good resources for this which are interview style?

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Protoxylic

For Fermi Problems such as, "How has the mass of the human population changed over the past year", I guess you would have to assume every bit of data, i.e. birth and death rates, rate of growth for < 18 year olds? Or for an Cambridge interview, I guess it is the way you go about answering the question, not really getting the figures, at least for Fermi Problems.