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.

History

Sidney Sussex (2018)

In one interview, I was given two sources beforehand and then discussed my thoughts with two interv…

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History

Newnham (2019)

Both of my interviews followed the same formula: we discussed a source, talked about an essay I had…

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History

Emmanuel (2019)

My first interview was about some pre-reading I was given 2 weeks before the interview. They asked …

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Economics and Management

Worcester (2019)

1st was economics, and problem-solving/knowledge featured heavily. 2nd was management and my person…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

St John's (2017)

In my subject interview, we discussed a French poem in both French and English  but, in the general…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Pembroke (2019)

My first interview was about Spanish language. I wasn't expected to speak any Spanish as I am study…

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