Cambridge Interview Secrets from 6 Cambridge Students

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  • Опубліковано 29 лис 2024

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  • @FrancisMadden
    @FrancisMadden  3 роки тому +51

    We back baby🥳 lmk if you enjoyed this style of video!

  • @abelcastanedar2076
    @abelcastanedar2076 3 роки тому +143

    30 minutes before my interview for engineering and this video just helped relax me so much!

    • @two697
      @two697 3 роки тому +6

      How did it go? I have mine next week

    • @abelcastanedar2076
      @abelcastanedar2076 3 роки тому +17

      @@two697 Well it's hard to judge cause I feel like I did terrible at points and at other points it just felt like a chat between me and the interviewers... we'll have to wait and see. Good luck!

    • @mai-ee1vg
      @mai-ee1vg 3 роки тому +4

      @@abelcastanedar2076 good luck!! update us :)

    • @benextinction__144
      @benextinction__144 3 роки тому +2

      @@abelcastanedar2076 best of luck. Interviews almost always feel like they go terrible. Sometimes your gut feeling is right, sometimes it's wrong. Hoping you've done well enough. How'd you find the ENGAA and what college did you apply to?

    • @williamwadham2241
      @williamwadham2241 3 роки тому +2

      I have mine on Friday and I just looked up all the videos and I don’t know if it calms or stresses me out :D

  • @hanshengchen615
    @hanshengchen615 3 роки тому +116

    I've got an interview next Tuesday for history and politics at St John's. I just hope not to be embarrassed in front of those world-class experts
    Also, nice to see a city fan

    • @kaylascorner7464
      @kaylascorner7464 3 роки тому +3

      omg twinsies I've got a histpol interview for Oxford on Tuesday! Lol but in all seriousness I wish you the best of luck :)

    • @KaseyP308
      @KaseyP308 3 роки тому +4

      Same, I’ve got an interview for St. John’s for Medicine on Tuesday. Honestly, I’m freaking out about looking stupid in front of these doctors with PhDs, but everyone is telling me it’s just an opportunity to nerd out about science with some world renowned experts, which has made me feel slightly better 🤷‍♀️. Anyway, good luck with your interview!!!

    • @hanshengchen615
      @hanshengchen615 3 роки тому +12

      Thanks to those who replied to my comment. I have finished my interview: politics was ok, but history was a disaster, so I probably will not get in.
      A few tips for humanity students: 1 Read around your PS and your submitted works, but don't anticipate the question because you can't
      2 When the interview is not going in the right direction, take a few moments to think and pull it back. Even silence is better than saying something stupid that will completely ruin the interview
      3 Write down as many questions and your responses as you can remember after the interview. No matter what the outcome is, your interview is still an experience worth recording
      4 Don't be too dedicated to go to Oxbridge, because there is a high chance you are going to be disappointed. But don't let the fear put you off, because it is always worth trying (Think about Mill's high quality of happiness)

    • @hywelfarrow-wilton6412
      @hywelfarrow-wilton6412 3 роки тому

      I’ve applied for History and Politics at Queens’!

    • @edparker1143
      @edparker1143 2 роки тому

      @@hywelfarrow-wilton6412 how did it go guys? I'm going to Clare for hispol in October. Will I see you there?

  • @AG-bq2zd
    @AG-bq2zd 3 роки тому +26

    Your manner of speaking is so clear and calming. Great content, well delivered! Even though I don’t give a toss about Cambridge, I enjoy your videos on it.

  • @rxge6979
    @rxge6979 3 роки тому +6

    “I would probably go find my my”. Probably one of my favourite parts of the video 😂

  • @kirankhanom2201
    @kirankhanom2201 3 роки тому +13

    Love how my advice was to look at the camera and did that exactly 0 times in the video haha
    Thanks for having me on! Gl to everyone with interviews coming up :)

  • @kacpimaciej
    @kacpimaciej 3 роки тому +32

    This is perfect timing, lol - I've my interview for medicine at Sidney Sussex this Friday, and the advice not only calmed my nerves, but also gave real and *actually* useful tips as opposed to other videos out there. Will definitely be implementing the advice given over the following few days.
    Thank you so much, and all the best to you! :D

    • @hawadoh
      @hawadoh 2 роки тому +1

      How did it go?

    • @lamiah.2938
      @lamiah.2938 Рік тому

      How was it....

    • @kacpimaciej
      @kacpimaciej Рік тому +3

      i thought it went very well, but i didn't manage to get in - we chilling doe, in my 2nd year of med in Lancaster Uni now :)

  • @eb433
    @eb433 Рік тому +6

    This is very useful to me - I have a cambridge engineering interview on the 6th, hopefully I can apply some of this during the interview! I'll update soon

    • @Tom06
      @Tom06 Рік тому +2

      Same lol which college?

    • @Annclark-ey7cq
      @Annclark-ey7cq 11 місяців тому +1

      Sameee

    • @Tom06
      @Tom06 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Annclark-ey7cq how’d it go?

  • @irusomo1012
    @irusomo1012 Рік тому +7

    got my interview on the 4th of december! this has been super insightful :)

    • @bakedbeans_edits
      @bakedbeans_edits Рік тому +2

      Ah! Same here,good luck!!

    • @premiumocto1198
      @premiumocto1198 Рік тому +4

      Same here, 2 hours. Goodluck :)

    • @irusomo1012
      @irusomo1012 Рік тому

      @@bakedbeans_edits good luck!! im sure youll do great!

    • @irusomo1012
      @irusomo1012 Рік тому +2

      @premiumocto1198 good luck!! mine's in 3 hrs - let's ace this!

    • @premiumocto1198
      @premiumocto1198 Рік тому +3

      @@irusomo1012 Hell yeah 😁😁. Mine is for mathematics. You'll do amazing for whatever you are doing 😄

  • @ninavanwijk3569
    @ninavanwijk3569 3 роки тому +32

    I'm already studying at uni and really happy where I am, but somehow these videos are still very entertaining and interesting to watch.. As well as the non-Cambridge videos by the way!! Keep up the good work Francis!

  • @dandmand
    @dandmand 3 роки тому +7

    Thanks for the advice man. Watching this an hour before my engineering Interview

  • @zara8313
    @zara8313 3 роки тому +10

    i have my interview in 3 days so this came up at the perfect time!

    • @user-ow7lm9op7f
      @user-ow7lm9op7f 10 місяців тому

      did you get in???

    • @zara8313
      @zara8313 10 місяців тому

      @@user-ow7lm9op7f no hahaha lol i got pooled. im at my 2nd choice uni now

  • @alexwalsh3075
    @alexwalsh3075 3 роки тому +9

    I have my Cambridge interview on the 15th and this video was so helpful and really calmed my nerves. Thanks so much!!

  • @aliyabroich8919
    @aliyabroich8919 3 роки тому +13

    Thank you so much for this video! I had my pbs test for selwyn college on Wednesday and I have my interview on the 13th, this is just perfect timing! :))

    • @pramiti4485
      @pramiti4485 3 роки тому +1

      Good luck for your interview! I’ve got mine (for PBS) tomorrow!

    • @aliyabroich8919
      @aliyabroich8919 3 роки тому

      @@pramiti4485 best of luck!!

    • @alexwalsh3075
      @alexwalsh3075 3 роки тому

      omg I have an interview for Selwyn for History on the 15th!! Best of luck!!

  • @AbdulAhad-gc7hc
    @AbdulAhad-gc7hc Рік тому +2

    That guy with the ginger hair and stripy top is too funny! 😂 He should have a show with you or with someone

  • @Lili-lz4rm
    @Lili-lz4rm 2 роки тому +4

    This was such a pleasantly edited and easy to follow video

  • @mlmbn
    @mlmbn 3 роки тому +7

    This was so helpful and funny but helpful! Thank you to everyone that participated :)

  • @laivisykes9568
    @laivisykes9568 2 роки тому +4

    This was an excellent, entertaining and useful video for both calming my worries and helping out before my interview tomorrow, so thank you!

  • @wunzouyakhadijahabass5247
    @wunzouyakhadijahabass5247 3 роки тому +4

    I literally have my interview for pbs in 9 hours, thank you so much for this video

  • @Bee-pb9nj
    @Bee-pb9nj 3 дні тому

    super helpful with my interview for natural sciences (physical) next month !! thank uuu

  • @alxdavy
    @alxdavy 3 роки тому +5

    Best vid yet. Love the candour.

  • @hywelfarrow-wilton6412
    @hywelfarrow-wilton6412 3 роки тому +4

    Just had my first of two interviews for History and Politics. Thank you very much for your videos they made me feel really happy about the process.

  • @gabrielrobert-tissot9260
    @gabrielrobert-tissot9260 3 роки тому +5

    Can't believe you left in "you don't want to come across too keen" 😂😂

  • @alexachew3348
    @alexachew3348 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve got my chemical engineering interview tomorrow - this video was so helpful, thank you!

  • @didocoley7807
    @didocoley7807 2 роки тому

    thanks! so useful the day before my interview and very calming to have at least some insight!

  • @mariastabinska1814
    @mariastabinska1814 3 роки тому +3

    Perfect timing my interview is in a week😎

  • @paradiselostx
    @paradiselostx 3 роки тому +9

    What a cast 😍

  • @FrancisMadden
    @FrancisMadden  3 роки тому +12

    What would you do if you were a baby deer?

    • @jieyangxu2453
      @jieyangxu2453 3 роки тому

      Thanks for sharing that ☺️ Keep moving forward 👍

    • @OnlyTheQuack
      @OnlyTheQuack 3 роки тому +9

      Hunt the deer hunters

  • @lottie4838
    @lottie4838 3 роки тому +16

    Has anyone found with virtual interviews this year they seem reluctant to get into a proper back and forth conversation?
    I just kinda answered and they moved on (to a different question or question related to my answer) apart for a few times where they gave some engagement then just to almost retreat 😭

    • @elizas-h6878
      @elizas-h6878 2 роки тому +3

      Mine too! It was really odd, I just answered and they nodded and asked a completely different question. Kind of off putting considering you’re told to expect loads of academic discourse at interview :/

  • @swright4171
    @swright4171 3 роки тому

    I have my interview for Maths on Monday. Good luck everybody else applying!!!

  • @zoe1482
    @zoe1482 3 роки тому +3

    my interview for hsps is in 3 hrs… thanks for the video!

    • @lilyw9544
      @lilyw9544 3 роки тому

      Congrats for being invited!! How did it go?

    • @benjiorchard1203
      @benjiorchard1203 3 роки тому

      yo i had mine yesterday for Homerton, how did yours go?

  • @another.hannah
    @another.hannah 3 роки тому

    I have an interview next week for ASNC at St Catherine's!! I'm really excited and all my mock interviews at sixth form have had good feedback too!

  • @jaywright9924
    @jaywright9924 3 роки тому +8

    If they don’t pretend they don’t know you are they even your friends 😂😂
    Edit: I’ve already been to uni and it wasn’t oxbridge so I dunno why I’m watching these videos haha

  • @pramiti4485
    @pramiti4485 3 роки тому +3

    I’ve got an interview tomorrow (!!!) for PBS and I feel in equal parts terrified and excited. Hopefully I’ll be able to do my best!
    Btw thanks a lot for this video :)

  • @saturdaysareforthelads8033
    @saturdaysareforthelads8033 3 роки тому +4

    I’ve got my bio natsci interview on the 9th, i’m absolutely terrified

  • @jenrrr
    @jenrrr 3 роки тому +7

    I'm really annoyed that our interviews are online this year

  • @jamesfarley5856
    @jamesfarley5856 3 роки тому +2

    You guys kept this under wraps :o dislike for not being picked, but love it as per!!

    • @kirankhanom2201
      @kirankhanom2201 3 роки тому +4

      Only cool kids get to go on the UA-cam channel

    • @FrancisMadden
      @FrancisMadden  3 роки тому +1

      Ahhh sorry James I did this at really short notice! I think getting more than 5 mates in I would've actually drowned in the editing loll

  • @OnlyTheQuack
    @OnlyTheQuack 3 роки тому +1

    Woaht a coincidence, I've got my interview tommorow lol

  • @willsankey1
    @willsankey1 3 роки тому

    Watching this with my interview in an hour and a half

  • @emmaholt4095
    @emmaholt4095 3 роки тому +1

    I've got two modern and medieval languages interviews tomorrow. I can barely answer English questions let alone French and Russian ones. My speaking skills have really gone downhill because when we did lessons online we never practiced speaking. I didn't even sit my GCSE speaking!!!! Why am I doing this to myself?

  • @da_pickle_whale
    @da_pickle_whale 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for this :)

  • @yixuan9453
    @yixuan9453 3 роки тому +2

    Hi! Thank you so much for the video, it was very helpful. I have a PBS interview this Wednesday and I'm wondering did they ask anything very specific to the biological part o psychology during your interview? Biology is not my best subject so I'm quite worried about that :D

    • @FrancisMadden
      @FrancisMadden  3 роки тому

      I didn't get asked anything about it myself, and I also didn't do biology a level! Good luck:)

    • @yixuan9453
      @yixuan9453 3 роки тому

      @@FrancisMadden Thats good to know, thank you!!!! XD

    • @edenjst
      @edenjst 3 роки тому

      Any tips on how it went?

    • @yixuan9453
      @yixuan9453 3 роки тому +1

      @@edenjst I just finished it! I can’t tell you what they asked me but they did start from my personal statement and question the parts I said I was interested in. Hope that might help :)) and good luck!!

  • @ambertasniem7245
    @ambertasniem7245 3 роки тому

    I had both of my interviews for Classics on Monday! I have no clue how it went 😭

  • @zosiash
    @zosiash 2 роки тому +1

    I have my interview in a few days, I applied for Psychological and Behavioural Sciences and I'm really uncertain of what they will ask me about the subject. I'm wondering if anyone could clue me into if the questions are more math based (like statistics) or more theoretical?

  • @xintingyang899
    @xintingyang899 3 роки тому

    Am I the only one who watches this after having the Cambridge interview lol?

  • @yixinkua936
    @yixinkua936 3 роки тому +1

    Hii thanks for the video it was really helpful as I have an interview for chemical engineering next friday :) Just a question for anyone who knows I'm an international applicant so I had no idea we had to discuss about books in my personal statement :0 would this affect me negatively and also are what are some of the places i can find resources to prepare for interviews as i dont really have the same support or prep from my school?

  • @belle2235
    @belle2235 3 роки тому +2

    anyone applying to Queens medicine here?

  • @sophielawrence5468
    @sophielawrence5468 3 роки тому +1

    stop it my PBS interview at tit hall is tomorrow!!! aaaaaaa!!!!!

  • @ijustusethisaccounttocomme2325
    @ijustusethisaccounttocomme2325 2 роки тому

    Watching this with my interview in an hour lmao

  • @calebmarlow7751
    @calebmarlow7751 3 роки тому

    Hi, I have my PBS interview next tuesday. Any PBS specific advise for non psychology a level application?

  • @daphneffion6045
    @daphneffion6045 Рік тому

    a bit too late for me…but reassuring for jan!

  • @ahmedhallajian8886
    @ahmedhallajian8886 3 роки тому +5

    #famejackgamestrong

  • @NoahR-di1nu
    @NoahR-di1nu 2 роки тому +1

    Can you make a video a bit more about how you used Anki?

  • @rishikakushwaha3716
    @rishikakushwaha3716 2 роки тому

    Can interview be taken online even in normal conditions if somehow I'm unable to reach there for offline interview?

    • @FrancisMadden
      @FrancisMadden  2 роки тому

      I hadn't heard of anything like that when I interviewed, but I think times have changed since so hopefully it will be an option in future regardless of COVID

  • @mayaa77
    @mayaa77 3 роки тому +10

    u deserve more subs man this is quality content. city poster in the back kinda killed the vibe though.

    • @FrancisMadden
      @FrancisMadden  3 роки тому +13

      hahahah cheers maya, and i'd like to apologise for the city poster... to ABSOLUTELY NOBODY