civil engineering interviews

I've just been asked for an interview with Southampton and Bristol. Bristol is my first choice so I'm naturally incredibly panicky!!
Does anyone know what the Bristol interview involves?

May I ask, when did you send off your application and when did you recieve your interviews? Also how (letter, email etc.)?

I've just been asked for an interview with Southampton and Bristol. Bristol is my first choice so I'm naturally incredibly panicky!!
Does anyone know what the Bristol interview involves?

Sent it off on the 6th of November and got the letter yestarday morning for Bristol and on Monday for Southampton. They were both by letter.

I was so worried when I saw the Bristol letter... because it was a small one, so I thought I was getting rejected!

ive sent my ucas off on 17 oct and heard from all my unis apart from bristol. should i be worried? im worried!!!lol.
does that mean they consider me 'boderline'?

My experiences last year of Bristol and Southampton, were that if you're called up for interview, you've basically got the offer. This seemed especially true of Bristol from talking to other applicants.

For Bristol, you can expect to be asked either, some maths questions, a question on an area of civil engineering (which from what I gather, is usually structures), or just about your PS. Southampton is generally just an "informal chat", but it really depends on your interviewer - mine absolutely grilled me.

Just be positive about the situation, know clearly why you want to do civil engineering, and don't be afraid to admit you're wrong or if you don't know about something. You stand a good chance of getting an offer, good luck

Yours grilled you? ... not entirely comforting But its good to know in general they aren't so bad. Cheers

Yeah, it was by far my hardest interview although it was the least technical. Chances are you won't get my interviewer, but even if you get difficult questions don't fret. You just know when you go around saying you want to make a difference to people's lives through engineering, you're going to be questioned at one point or another, even if the interviewer does agree with you.

Do you have an upcoming interview?

Yeah I do. On the 10th. And i feel like I should've read more books or something. But its a bit late for that now!

Oh I hope I didn't scare you off or anything! Everyone else said they just had a 5 minute chat, so don't worry. Being interviewed this early can only be a good thing. Best of luck!

I think I got more your kind of interview. It was terrible. He spent the whole time asking me things I didn't know about, and then said there wasn't any time to ask anything else so I would just have to go and get the next guy....

Well at least I know what to expect now.