Cambridge Interview Secrets from 6 Cambridge Students

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Francis Madden

Francis Madden

Күн бұрын

Cambridge interview coming up? Curious what they're like? Wondering if I have any friends? All your questions shall be answered today.
Basically this is like a few podcasts edited together, it's the first time I have done this style of video so let me know if there's anything I can improve in future (aside from my acting skills)!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:38 Preparing for interview (mock interviews, rereading personal statements etc.)
4:13 On the day/night before
7:30 What did you get asked?
9:37 "Curveball" questions
13:21 Getting questions wrong
14:27 Researching your interviewers beforehand
15:34 Cambridge compared to other uni interviews (medicine)
16:25 How confident did you feel afterwards?
18:10 The SECRET to getting an offer
20:19 Online interview advice
21:35 Final tips
23:15 Outtakes
Who am I? 🙋‍♂️
I'm Francis, a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Oxford University. I previously did psychology degrees at Cambridge (Undergrad) and UCL (Master's). I upload videos every few weeks about psychology, university life and occasionally self-improvement.
Feel free to have a browse of the channel🫶
Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/francismadden
For enquiries, please go to:
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Пікірлер: 125
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
We back baby🥳 lmk if you enjoyed this style of video!
@abelcastanedar2076
@abelcastanedar2076 2 жыл бұрын
30 minutes before my interview for engineering and this video just helped relax me so much!
@two697
@two697 2 жыл бұрын
How did it go? I have mine next week
@abelcastanedar2076
@abelcastanedar2076 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 2 жыл бұрын
@@abelcastanedar2076 good luck!! update us :)
@benextinction__144
@benextinction__144 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve applied for History and Politics at Queens’!
@edparker1143
@edparker1143 2 жыл бұрын
@@hywelfarrow-wilton6412 how did it go guys? I'm going to Clare for hispol in October. Will I see you there?
@mlmbn
@mlmbn 2 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful and funny but helpful! Thank you to everyone that participated :)
@AG-bq2zd
@AG-bq2zd 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@laivisykes9568
@laivisykes9568 Жыл бұрын
This was an excellent, entertaining and useful video for both calming my worries and helping out before my interview tomorrow, so thank you!
@Lili-lz4rm
@Lili-lz4rm Жыл бұрын
This was such a pleasantly edited and easy to follow video
@hywelfarrow-wilton6412
@hywelfarrow-wilton6412 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@didocoley7807
@didocoley7807 Жыл бұрын
thanks! so useful the day before my interview and very calming to have at least some insight!
@mayaa77
@mayaa77 2 жыл бұрын
u deserve more subs man this is quality content. city poster in the back kinda killed the vibe though.
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
hahahah cheers maya, and i'd like to apologise for the city poster... to ABSOLUTELY NOBODY
@ninavanwijk3569
@ninavanwijk3569 2 жыл бұрын
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!
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Nina!
@alxdavy
@alxdavy 2 жыл бұрын
Best vid yet. Love the candour.
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
That means a lot Alexander thank you!
@dandmand
@dandmand 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the advice man. Watching this an hour before my engineering Interview
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Hope it went well:)
@user-wx8bm1pg1d
@user-wx8bm1pg1d 2 жыл бұрын
How did it go?
@rxge6979
@rxge6979 2 жыл бұрын
“I would probably go find my my”. Probably one of my favourite parts of the video 😂
@Annclark-ey7cq
@Annclark-ey7cq 6 ай бұрын
My interview is today, love the advice thank you for sharing!!
@aliyabroich8919
@aliyabroich8919 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
Good luck for your interview! I’ve got mine (for PBS) tomorrow!
@aliyabroich8919
@aliyabroich8919 2 жыл бұрын
@@pramiti4485 best of luck!!
@alexwalsh3075
@alexwalsh3075 2 жыл бұрын
omg I have an interview for Selwyn for History on the 15th!! Best of luck!!
@kacpimaciej
@kacpimaciej 2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
How did it go?
@lamiah.2938
@lamiah.2938 7 ай бұрын
How was it....
@kacpimaciej
@kacpimaciej 7 ай бұрын
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 :)
@kirankhanom2201
@kirankhanom2201 2 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
A CHARLATAN before us
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Jk Kiran you smashed it x
@another.hannah
@another.hannah 2 жыл бұрын
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!
@alexwalsh3075
@alexwalsh3075 2 жыл бұрын
I have my Cambridge interview on the 15th and this video was so helpful and really calmed my nerves. Thanks so much!!
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Good luck!!
@kovidc
@kovidc 4 ай бұрын
how did it go?
@eb433
@eb433 6 ай бұрын
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 6 ай бұрын
Same lol which college?
@Annclark-ey7cq
@Annclark-ey7cq 6 ай бұрын
Sameee
@Tom06
@Tom06 6 ай бұрын
@@Annclark-ey7cq how’d it go?
@irusomo1012
@irusomo1012 7 ай бұрын
got my interview on the 4th of december! this has been super insightful :)
@baked_beans_edits
@baked_beans_edits 6 ай бұрын
Ah! Same here,good luck!!
@premiumocto1198
@premiumocto1198 6 ай бұрын
Same here, 2 hours. Goodluck :)
@irusomo1012
@irusomo1012 6 ай бұрын
@@baked_beans_edits good luck!! im sure youll do great!
@irusomo1012
@irusomo1012 6 ай бұрын
@premiumocto1198 good luck!! mine's in 3 hrs - let's ace this!
@premiumocto1198
@premiumocto1198 6 ай бұрын
@@irusomo1012 Hell yeah 😁😁. Mine is for mathematics. You'll do amazing for whatever you are doing 😄
@zara8313
@zara8313 2 жыл бұрын
i have my interview in 3 days so this came up at the perfect time!
@user-ow7lm9op7f
@user-ow7lm9op7f 5 ай бұрын
did you get in???
@zara8313
@zara8313 5 ай бұрын
@@user-ow7lm9op7f no hahaha lol i got pooled. im at my 2nd choice uni now
@da_pickle_whale
@da_pickle_whale 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this :)
@mariastabinska1814
@mariastabinska1814 2 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing my interview is in a week😎
@paradiselostx
@paradiselostx 2 жыл бұрын
What a cast 😍
@alexachew3348
@alexachew3348 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve got my chemical engineering interview tomorrow - this video was so helpful, thank you!
@kacpimaciej
@kacpimaciej 2 жыл бұрын
How would you say it went?
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Hope it went well!
@swright4171
@swright4171 2 жыл бұрын
I have my interview for Maths on Monday. Good luck everybody else applying!!!
@wunzouyakhadijahabass5247
@wunzouyakhadijahabass5247 2 жыл бұрын
I literally have my interview for pbs in 9 hours, thank you so much for this video
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Good luck !
@edenjst
@edenjst 2 жыл бұрын
Any tips on how it went?
@gabrielrobert-tissot9260
@gabrielrobert-tissot9260 2 жыл бұрын
Can't believe you left in "you don't want to come across too keen" 😂😂
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Thomas had never seen such a mess.
@yixinkua936
@yixinkua936 2 жыл бұрын
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?
@AbdulAhad-gc7hc
@AbdulAhad-gc7hc 6 ай бұрын
That guy with the ginger hair and stripy top is too funny! 😂 He should have a show with you or with someone
@OnlyTheQuack
@OnlyTheQuack 2 жыл бұрын
Woaht a coincidence, I've got my interview tommorow lol
@lottie4838
@lottie4838 2 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 :/
@zoe1482
@zoe1482 2 жыл бұрын
my interview for hsps is in 3 hrs… thanks for the video!
@lilyw9544
@lilyw9544 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats for being invited!! How did it go?
@benjiorchard1203
@benjiorchard1203 2 жыл бұрын
yo i had mine yesterday for Homerton, how did yours go?
@ambertasniem7245
@ambertasniem7245 2 жыл бұрын
I had both of my interviews for Classics on Monday! I have no clue how it went 😭
@pramiti4485
@pramiti4485 2 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Hope it went well!
@edenjst
@edenjst 2 жыл бұрын
Any tips on how it went?
@willsankey1
@willsankey1 2 жыл бұрын
Watching this with my interview in an hour and a half
@jaywright9924
@jaywright9924 2 жыл бұрын
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
@yixuan9453
@yixuan9453 2 жыл бұрын
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 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't get asked anything about it myself, and I also didn't do biology a level! Good luck:)
@yixuan9453
@yixuan9453 2 жыл бұрын
@@FrancisMadden Thats good to know, thank you!!!! XD
@edenjst
@edenjst 2 жыл бұрын
Any tips on how it went?
@yixuan9453
@yixuan9453 2 жыл бұрын
@@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!!
@jamesfarley5856
@jamesfarley5856 2 жыл бұрын
You guys kept this under wraps :o dislike for not being picked, but love it as per!!
@kirankhanom2201
@kirankhanom2201 2 жыл бұрын
Only cool kids get to go on the KZfaq channel
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
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
@saturdaysareforthelads8033
@saturdaysareforthelads8033 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve got my bio natsci interview on the 9th, i’m absolutely terrified
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
You got this!
@calebmarlow7751
@calebmarlow7751 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I have my PBS interview next tuesday. Any PBS specific advise for non psychology a level application?
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
What would you do if you were a baby deer?
@jieyangxu2453
@jieyangxu2453 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that ☺️ Keep moving forward 👍
@OnlyTheQuack
@OnlyTheQuack 2 жыл бұрын
Hunt the deer hunters
@zosiash
@zosiash Жыл бұрын
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?
@jenrrr
@jenrrr 2 жыл бұрын
I'm really annoyed that our interviews are online this year
@emmaholt4095
@emmaholt4095 2 жыл бұрын
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?
@daphneffion6045
@daphneffion6045 Жыл бұрын
a bit too late for me…but reassuring for jan!
@ijustusethisaccounttocomme2325
@ijustusethisaccounttocomme2325 Жыл бұрын
Watching this with my interview in an hour lmao
@belle2235
@belle2235 2 жыл бұрын
anyone applying to Queens medicine here?
@sophielawrence5468
@sophielawrence5468 2 жыл бұрын
stop it my PBS interview at tit hall is tomorrow!!! aaaaaaa!!!!!
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Hope it went well!
@xintingyang899
@xintingyang899 2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who watches this after having the Cambridge interview lol?
@rishikakushwaha3716
@rishikakushwaha3716 2 жыл бұрын
Can interview be taken online even in normal conditions if somehow I'm unable to reach there for offline interview?
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
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
@ahmedhallajian8886
@ahmedhallajian8886 2 жыл бұрын
#famejackgamestrong
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
Famejacking BA (Hons) m9
@NoahR-di1nu
@NoahR-di1nu 2 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video a bit more about how you used Anki?
@FrancisMadden
@FrancisMadden 2 жыл бұрын
It's in my plans!
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