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

Peterhouse (2018)

Both interviews were with two Fellows from the college. In the first one I was asked about my EPQ, …

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History

St John's (2018)

My first interview was very much about me as a person, what I enjoyed as a person and why I chose t…

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History

Fitzwilliam (2019)

In my first interview I was asked about a short piece of reading I read beforehand to assess my ski…

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English Language and Literature

St Hugh's (2019)

In both for the first 10 mins or so we discussed the text I had just been given to read in the pre-…

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History

Trinity (2013)

I had one interview about my personal statement and essays which I enjoyed. It was basically them g…

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History Of Art

Peterhouse (2018)

I had one interview with two interviewers. The first half of the interview was about my personal st…

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