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.

Engineering

Newnham (2020)

My interviews contained a mix of technical questions and more wordy/discussion-based questions. My …

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Physics

St Anne's (2018)

A mixture of maths and physics questions: SHM inside the earth, reflection of moonlight graph drawi…

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Biology

St Hugh's (2019)

In my first interview, I had to sit outside in a corridor for a minute or two before being asked in…

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Engineering

Newnham (2019)

I was really nervous for my first interview and made lots of silly mistakes. I was asked why I want…

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English Language and Literature

The Queen's (2018)

In my first interview showed up thirty minutes early and was given two poems. I had to choose one t…

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Psychology (Experimental)

New (2019)

1 - centred around experimental design, drawing conclusions from historical data, lots on the topic…

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