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.

Natural Sciences (Biological)

Emmanuel (2020)

I had two interviewers in each interview - so four in total. Each asked me about a different biolog…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Jesus (2020)

I had one physics-based interview and one chemistry-based interview. There were no questions on my …

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History

Queens' (2022)

The first interview had some general questions and was focused on the submitted work I had given th…

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Geography

Emmanuel (2017)

In the first one, I was asked why I wanted to study the subject, then had a few questions about a f…

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History

Brasenose (2019)

My first interview was more focused on my personal statement and my personal experiences with histo…

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Maths

St Catharine's (2018)

The first interview went very well. It was with two PhD students (who were quite young) which I thi…

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