Interview Insights

Here's our database of first-hand student interview experiences. You can also watch students talk about other aspects of university in our student videos.

English Language and Literature

Wadham (2017)

For my first interview I was given a poem 5 minutes before it and asked to analyse it. I wrote note…

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History and Economics

St Catherine's (2017)

History - We went over my personal statement and some sources I was given in the interview. Economi…

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Medicine

Trinity (2017)

Two of my interviews were composed of ethical questions combined with questions about my personal s…

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Modern Languages

Lady Margaret Hall (2018)

All my interviews covered the same areas but in slightly different orders. For each, beforehand I h…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Oriel (2018)

Before each interview I had 30 minutes to read through a sheet of problems or questions and think a…

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Engineering

Murray Edwards (2014)

Physics interview was 50% based on content I'd already covered, but stretching the knowledge I alre…

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* Despite interviews being online this year, the experiences and advice from previous years will still be relevant.