SPS interview...how to prepare??

i have applied to SPS and I haven't done much preparation for the interview.....what can do besides keeping awareness on current news and global issues and all that?

and, i am really interested in sociology and psychology, but in the interview, does it matter if i show that i have limited knowledge abt politics and anthropology because im less interested in those disciplines?

Reply 1

Craghyrax

You can't really prepare for the interview. Just make sure that you know about everything you mentioned in your personal statement, and any issues that you covered or discussed in any submitted essays. They'll probably use these as ways to bring up topics for conversation.

And as for does stuff matter? Well no body can answer that, can they? It probably matters sometimes and othertimes not. If you shine as a candidate, then it won't matter. If you suck, or don't stand out, then that will just be one extra reason they don't want you.

Reply 2

missdaniil

I'm going to second the advice from Craghyrax: know your personal statement and the essays you've submitted to a detail, or at least be prepared to talk about them in the interviews because that is quite often the starting point

other than that, you cannot be sure about anything else because the interviews are going to be as varied as the number of applicants;
just one piece of advice: saying you're not interested in politics and social anthropology that much might not be the best way to go when applying for SPS =)

Reply 3

pinkmoon_

Just wondering...should you alread by aware of the exact route you want to take in the course, i.e. which option you'd want to study in the tripo for each year, or can you make your mind up about that later?

Reply 4

pj1623

at the moment i think i'd pick psychology+sociology as the 2nd year option, but i might change my mind later on....

Reply 5

Craghyrax

pinkpanther786

No not necessarily. Its good to show that you're interested if you don't know. Ask questions about different routes, so that its evident that you are weighing up the course and thinking ahead a bit. I dont' remember saying where I wanted to go or what route I was going to take, and they didn't ask. I told them what field I wanted to work in afterwards, but also said that this is just what I think now and I might change it. Tbh, for most cases it doesn't matter what route you take through SPS. We all finish with SPS degrees, whether we specialise in Politics or Sociology. The only people who need to worry are clinical psychologists.

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