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.

Materials Science

Mansfield (2018)

In my first interview I was asked about why I chose to study Materials Science, along with some per…

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Earth Sciences (Geology)

Exeter (2017)

In my first interview (at Exeter), I was interviewed by two tutors. We discussed a 'Fermi type prob…

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Music

The Queen's (2018)

Interview 1: 15 minutes to peruse an extract of writing, and 3 or 4 compositions (although I didn’t…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Anne's (2017)

Economics: I was given a problem sheet. Philosophy: We discussed a source that I was given. Politic…

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Music

Oriel (2018)

I had two interviews at my college, where each interview had a different focus. The first was entir…

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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.