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.

Medicine

Queens' (2016)

In the first interview, I was presented with a graph to try to explain. I was asked to suggest reas…

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Computer Science

Queens' (2018)

In the first half of my first interview (Computer Science) they asked me questions about my persona…

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Medicine

Magdalene (2018)

In both my interviews there were 2 interviewers, with one asking me questions, and the other taking…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Murray Edwards (2014)

I had two interviews: one for French (which I studied at A Level) and one for Spanish (which was to…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Christ's (2017)

The first interview covered maths and biology. I was asked about unfamiliar molecular processes. I …

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Sidney Sussex (2018)

The first interview was a general language aptitude test with two language tutors, although they we…

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