Oxford (Said) 2012 - Calling All Applicants

I had my Skype interview last night. My interviewer was delightful - very polite, smiled a lot, and did her best to make me feel comfortable. She did ask some pretty tough questions (which is expected), but I felt the interview was generally quite positive. It was a pretty brief session, about 30 minutes - which FLEW by (the 30 minutes felt like 30 seconds). She also gave me useful and constructive feedback. As a note, I was not advised of who my interviewer was going to be beforehand - I'm not sure if you all will have the same arrangement.

The main thing that put me off was the "Skype" experience. It's difficult to read body language, express yourself comfortably and make strong and meaningful eye contact, and you feel a little bit disconnected from your interviewer. I was a little nervous and unsettled looking into a screen, but I'm sure that the interviewers take this into account.

On the whole, it was a wonderful experience, and I was quite proud to meet my interviewer, and make it this far in the application process. Hopefully, in 10 months time, many of us here will be classmates at SBS

All the best with your respective interviews