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.

Physics

The Queen's (2018)

The interview process was very academic in nature. For physics, I had three interviews. The first t…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Mansfield (2017)

In my Politics and Philosophy interviews, there was an emphasis on basic understanding of logic - I…

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Earth Sciences (Geology)

St Edmund Hall (2016)

For both of my interviews, I was nervous, but I didn't expect to get in, so I also felt quite relax…

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History

Balliol (2016)

I had one interview on source analysis and another on my written work and personal statement. The s…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Pembroke (2017)

My first interview was split equally between politics and economics. The economics section involved…

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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.