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.

Law

Christ's (2020)

My first interview relied on a document I had been sent 25 minutes before, outlining the arguments …

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Biochemistry

Christ Church (2018)

For both my interviews, I was given an article to read for ~40 mins before the interview. We weren’…

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Engineering

Clare (2017)

First interview - three or so more conceptually challenging questions, talked through my thinking. …

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Engineering

Pembroke (2019)

There were lots of problem questions. I had to sit a 30 minute test before the second interview, so…

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Mathematics and Philosophy

Wadham (2019)

For maths it was mostly random maths problems without any theme. Philosophy was more relaxing and d…

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Engineering

Selwyn (2019)

General interview: personal statement, my interests in the subject, time management and other quest…

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