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.

Maths

Jesus (2019)

There was an hour-long test with some fairly hard questions on them. I answered 3 in full and 2 abo…

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Human, Social and Political Science

Corpus Christi (2020)

Both interviews were primarily about my personal statement: asking me to further develop the ideas …

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History and Politics

St Edmund Hall (2020)

My history interview was mainly focused around my written work, with only one question about my per…

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Economics

Trinity (2018)

I was provided with the article I would be discussing roughly 30 minutes before my interview which …

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Jesus (2018)

Neither interview focussed on my personal statement, instead I was given problems to solve. They we…

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Engineering

St John's (2021)

There were a few questions about my personal statement at the start of each interview, and I was as…

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