retired_Lulliepooh

Just received an interview from Uni of Manc, which I wasn't expected as I didn't think they did interviews....anywho what sort of questions do they ask? How can I prepare?

retired_Lulliepooh

*expecting

retired_pneeru

They give you an A4 piece of paper and 5 minutes to solve the Riemann Hypothesis

retired_jsnap

Don't prepare.

They like to have people that think on their feet.

retired_hbjohns

Don't prepare anything major, but make sure you know all your qualifications/have them to hand.

retired_ajardon2

Know what aspects of maths you like best. (The ones the course you have applied for includes)

Know why you want to study at the UoM and live in Manchester.

Fwiw the maths lecturer i have for my engineering course is pretty good. Even if he does insist on explaining everything we already studied at Alevel.

retired_MikeMcC

you can count from 1 to 4, thats a good start

retired_Lulliepooh

right ok - basically I figure that most people won't be preparing so if i can have an idea of what they are asking then I can at least know what is coming instead of being shocked into it, something I'd like to avoid.

It's pretty hard to be enthusiastic about your 5th choice uni though.....anything I can mention about the university/halls itself to sound impressive?

retired_Lulliepooh

thanks cms I'll try that

aeonteal

I had an interview for Computer Science at Manchester, yesterday, and they said after reading personal statements, they decide which people they want to make offers to, then invite all those to interviews. So basically you should (if Maths works the same as CS there) have an offer waiting, and they just wanna check you are who you say you are. They also said that if you don't quite make the offer that they made, then they use the interview as the basis to whether they still give you a place or not. The interview was very informal and more of a 15-20 minute chat that anything so don't get too worked up about it.

That's from my experiences with Computer Science btw, and I can only presume other departments at the same university use the same procedure :thup: