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.

Human, Social and Political Science

Christ's (2019)

The first interview seemed more themed around Politics and International Relations, and a fair few …

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Human, Social and Political Science

Christ's (2018)

My first interview was relaxed and more focused on the content of my personal statement and what I …

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Human, Social and Political Science

Peterhouse (2018)

Before my first interview, I was given ten minutes to read and annotate a passage from an academic …

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Law

Trinity (2017)

We talked about why I'd chosen Cambridge, and why my college. Then we went through a scenario quest…

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Law

Trinity (2015)

I was given a few pages of information about a human rights issue, which we discussed in the interv…

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Philosophy

Gonville & Caius (2016)

My first interview was based around my personal statement but the interviewer pushed me to consider…

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