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.

Geography

St Edmund Hall (2018)

Both my interviews were separated into 3 sections, alternating between two interviews for both. In …

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Anne's (2018)

In my politics interview, I was first asked about an achievement I mentioned in my personal stateme…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Peter's (2018)

In the Economics interview I was given a sheet of paper with exercises on game theory. The tutors l…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Downing (2019)

There were a total of 4 questions, with some subquestions for each. The first was on a topic I had …

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Fine Art

St Anne's (2018)

I was asked to talk about my portfolio and questions followed regarding what I had said - e.g. on t…

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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.