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.

Human, Social and Political Science

Christ's (2019)

My first interview was mainly based on my pre submitted essays - asking questions and debates based…

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Veterinary Medicine

Clare (2019)

I was asked about further reading I mentioned on my personal statement to do with work experience. …

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Corpus Christi (2019)

My first interview was my French interview where I read a passage, discussed its grammar and meanin…

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Maths

Emmanuel (2019)

I got asked a few maths questions which we then briefly discussed and I solved, talking my way thro…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

St Catharine's (2017)

Both were biology-based, the latter involved some maths (graph equations). In one, I was asked abou…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Queens' (2017)

My interviews were both conducted mainly in English but with a section in the target language (both…

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