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.

Chemical Engineering

King's (2016)

I entered the interview room quite stressed because I was carrying my whole coat and bag and was no…

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Classics (3 years)

Emmanuel (2016)

For my first interview, I was emailed a passage about the art of translation a week before to prepa…

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Maths

Robinson (2017)

First interview talked a bit about my personal statement and asked me to go over some mathematical …

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Education

Homerton (2018)

The first interview was not subject related so I was asked about what I imagined life in Cambridge …

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Maths

King's (2018)

My first interview was conducted immediately after my exam that I took (this was not STEP). We went…

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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.