To those in Cambridge

Just got my maths interview in Cambridge. I don’t think it went that well. In my first interview I was only able to answer the first question fully, second question partly and tbh I couldn’t say almost anything about the third one. In my second interview, I did the first one fully had some problem with the second one and solved the third one with couple of hints.

I don’t think that I will get an offer but I wanted to ask the ones in Cambridge, how did your interviews go? (Especially for the ones in maths)

Which college did you apply to? I only did two questions per interview.

@Doones actually looked at this some years ago and after actually analysing the data from TSR posters found there was no correlation between their self-reported perception of how the interview went and whether they were ultimately successful. Just as many who thought the interview went horribly got offers as those who thought it went well - and just as many who thought it went well didn't get offers as those that thought it went terribly! There's really no conclusions to be drawn from this except that, applicants don't know how interviewers assess them

Note also I gather they aren't necessarily looking for you to be able to know everything and be able to solve all the problems given immediately - they want to see how you think through the problems to work towards a solution, and how far you get towards it and how you manage any additional information given.

Just got my maths interview in Cambridge. I don’t think it went that well. In my first interview I was only able to answer the first question fully, second question partly and tbh I couldn’t say almost anything about the third one. In my second interview, I did the first one fully had some problem with the second one and solved the third one with couple of hints.

I don’t think that I will get an offer but I wanted to ask the ones in Cambridge, how did your interviews go? I mean how did you feel? (Especially for the ones in maths)

That sounds about ideal for a maths interview. You showed you could work out the basic question, and then you showed you were teachable in the two harder ones. That's pretty much exactly what they are looking for.

@Doones actually looked at this some years ago and after actually analysing the data from TSR posters found there was no correlation between their self-reported perception of how the interview went and whether they were ultimately successful. Just as many who thought the interview went horribly got offers as those who thought it went well - and just as many who thought it went well didn't get offers as those that thought it went terribly! There's really no conclusions to be drawn from this except that, applicants don't know how interviewers assess them

Note also I gather they aren't necessarily looking for you to be able to know everything and be able to solve all the problems given immediately - they want to see how you think through the problems to work towards a solution, and how far you get towards it and how you manage any additional information given.

Can I find this data somewhere?

Can I find this data somewhere?

There's this ..

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7138170