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.

Medicine

Emmanuel (2019)

First interview was mostly medicine-based, where we were asked about NHS funding, which was quite a…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

King's (2019)

The first interview was quite informal -just having a discussion about some areas of biology that I…

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Classics (3 years)

Christ's (2019)

Most of the interviews centred around my personal statement, a little on my submitted essay, a pass…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Churchill (2015)

One of the interviews was a general discussion about my background and education up to that point. …

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Materials Science

St Anne's (2019)

1st Interview: This was a very hands-on interview, where I was given things and then asked question…

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Veterinary Medicine

St Catharine's (2019)

First interview started with them asking why I want to be a vet and asking me about a clinical case…

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