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.

Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics

Christ Church (2019)

The atmosphere in all of the interviews I had was very calm and relaxed, the interviewers all seeme…

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Biology

The Queen's (2019)

Each interview started with an introductory question about why I liked my subject or about somethin…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Jesus (2018)

In the first interview I was asked questions on the topics I had talked about in my personal statem…

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Mathematics and Computer Science

St Hugh's (2019)

My first interview (maths) was the hardest with some very difficult algebraic topic, I felt I strug…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Selwyn (2018)

The first was a general interview more about me and why I chose the course. This allowed me to talk…

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Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics

Worcester (2019)

For all the interviews except the first, I had two people interviewing, each taking half of the int…

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