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.

Engineering

Peterhouse (2018)

The first interview was scary. I had done a problem sheet where I picked two (one mechanics and ano…

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Economics

Sidney Sussex (2018)

My first interview started with a discussion on exchange rates and macro shocks, then went on to ma…

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History

Peterhouse (2016)

In my first interview, we discussed an unseen source and a little about my personal statement. When…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Christ's (2018)

My first interview was based around maths and earth sciences: we spoke briefly about why I applied …

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History and Modern Languages

Pembroke (2018)

First Interview: This one was for German. I had one interviewer and a PhD student taking notes on m…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Sidney Sussex (2018)

The first interview was a general language aptitude test with two language tutors, although they we…

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