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.

Mathematics

St Hugh's (2018)

My first interview started with a general question about my main interests within maths, and we tal…

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History and Politics

Wadham (2016)

In the history interviews there were questions on sources and my areas of focus from my personal st…

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History and Politics

The Queen's (2018)

The first interview was based on my written work, whilst the second interview had two parts to it- …

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Medicine

Trinity (2016)

My first interview was based on academics. We spoke about the control of blood pH and equilibrium. …

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Mathematics

Oriel (2017)

All my interviews at both colleges (New and St Hugh's) were purely academic, with no small talk bes…

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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.