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 and Politics

Gonville & Caius (2019)

In my history interview, I sat down and was immediately asked about one thing I had mentioned on my…

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Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

Fitzwilliam (2019)

I was so nervous and kept calling Socrates 'Aristotle' and having other word mix ups, but the inter…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Trinity Hall (2018)

For my Spanish interview we mostly discussed points from my personal statement, especially my analy…

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Classics

Corpus Christi (2020)

For my course, Classics II, I had three interviews. One was about ‘language learning’: how I would …

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Geography

Jesus (2018)

The interviews are not designed to work out how much or what you know, but how you work through pro…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Peterhouse (2019)

It was a quite relaxed atmosphere; there was only one question about my personal statement; all oth…

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