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

Murray Edwards (2015)

Both interviews were technical: one was focused on mechanics and maths, and the other one on mechan…

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Engineering

Emmanuel (2019)

My first interview was a general conversation about a chosen topic for half and then a few maths/ph…

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Engineering

Emmanuel (2019)

There were no personal questions (nothing on the personal statement, or why I chose engineering or …

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Engineering

Homerton (2019)

Mostly maths and physics questions with a few minutes to talk about my personal statement. I had ab…

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Engineering

Newnham (2018)

They started with questions about me, why I wanted to be an engineer. Lots about my personal statem…

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Engineering

Peterhouse (2019)

Before the first interview, I was given a problem sheet with 4 questions, and told to choose 2 and …

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