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Confused about my Interview Experience

Course: Architecture
University: Cambridge

Hey guys, hope you’re all well. I recently had interviews for architecture and was shocked by how open-ended all the questions were. I came out of the interview confused and disappointed that I couldn’t really be challenged on my answers as far as I would’ve hoped/expected to show my thinking abilities. Is this a natural experience when it comes to quite creative subjects?

Reply 1

normaw

Volunteer Section Leader, Clearing and Applications Advisor

It might be worth posting in the Architecture Applicants 2024 thread where there are some other Cambridge applicants:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7393566

Reply 2

slack-split

Original post by weewoo.

Course: Architecture
University: Cambridge
Hey guys, hope you’re all well. I recently had interviews for architecture and was shocked by how open-ended all the questions were. I came out of the interview confused and disappointed that I couldn’t really be challenged on my answers as far as I would’ve hoped/expected to show my thinking abilities. Is this a natural experience when it comes to quite creative subjects?

May I ask what the outcome of your application was?

Reply 3

denisawhgsjwuegw

Original post by weewoo.

Course: Architecture
University: Cambridge
Hey guys, hope you’re all well. I recently had interviews for architecture and was shocked by how open-ended all the questions were. I came out of the interview confused and disappointed that I couldn’t really be challenged on my answers as far as I would’ve hoped/expected to show my thinking abilities. Is this a natural experience when it comes to quite creative subjects?

what do you mean by open ended questions. can you elaborate or give an example of what they asked

Reply 4

er0902!

Original post by weewoo.

Course: Architecture
University: Cambridge
Hey guys, hope you’re all well. I recently had interviews for architecture and was shocked by how open-ended all the questions were. I came out of the interview confused and disappointed that I couldn’t really be challenged on my answers as far as I would’ve hoped/expected to show my thinking abilities. Is this a natural experience when it comes to quite creative subjects?

This is exactly what I thought. I'm was hoping people had a similar experience because it sort of felt like I wasn't going into depth on certain things and was more of just a chat that didn't really show any critical thinking. But it's probably natural to wish you'd said more, they were very nice and you can never really tell how it went until they give you their decision.
How did they respond to your portfolio?

Reply 5

JacquesOost

Original post by normaw

It might be worth posting in the Architecture Applicants 2024 thread where there are some other Cambridge applicants:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7393566

Where can i find the maths thread i think im just blind