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 (Physical)

Trinity (2019)

*FYI: I took American Advanced Placement (AP) classes instead of British A-Levels in high school. F…

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Economics and Management

St Catherine's (2020)

Of course I was very nervous for my interview, but we got the opportunity to speak to student helpe…

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History

Downing (2020)

First interview, we went over my submitted work, expanded on my ideas. I was then given a visual so…

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English Language and Literature

Trinity (2019)

Somehow we got onto the topic of Pride and Prejudice but they kept asking me about the TV and film …

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Medicine

Peterhouse (2019)

One interview focused on ethics, another was numbers-based, whilst the third one was entirely scien…

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English Language and Literature

St Anne's (2018)

Both interviews had the same structure. You have 5 minutes outside the interview room to annotate a…

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