Cambridge Economics Interview Preparation Guide
Don’t know what to expect for your Cambridge Economics Interviews?
Interviews can seem daunting and hard to prepare for as you never quite know what to expect. However, they are extremely important, with many selections made almost entirely on interview performance alone. Luckily, there are a number of things you can do during the interview and in preparation that can really help you stand out. Conveying your passion and motivation is essential to a successful performance at interview - interviewers want to work with people who they can trust to get on with work without needing to be pushed. Those with a genuine interest and passion are going to be more likely to do this. This is why the first section of our 25-page guide is dedicated to showing you how to build evidence of wider subject exploration to convey your passion for the course - our Economics graduates lead you through how to know what to read (primary and secondary material), and how to cite key texts to justify your reasoning in answer to interview questions. Each book recommendation comes with a thinking task - an interview question that responds directly to the text’s content.
The pack also includes pointers for answering questions based on your personal statement, as well as countless accounts from successful Economics candidates. Gain insight into the interview process, and invaluable preparation tips for tackling the different formats of interview including personal statement / general interviews, open questions and maths-related questions. Each provides a run through of their own interview experiences, questions asked, as well tips for tackling the format of questions asked. We also provide longer worked through interview questions, and 50 additional questions for macroeconomics and political / social aspects of economics and questions in microeconomics.
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