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.

Geography

St Edmund Hall (2018)

I went into the tutorial room and it was basically a tutorial. There were 2 tutors in each with 1 t…

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Geography

St Edmund Hall (2018)

The interviews were split between human and physical geography, both with two academics. In the fir…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Clare (2018)

My interviews generally started with a discussion about one of the books I'd referenced in my perso…

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Economics

Emmanuel (2019)

My second interview was better than my first interview, I think the nerves got to me to be honest. …

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Chemistry

Worcester (2019)

In both interviews, each tutor (there were 3 in the first and 2 in the second) had a problem sheet …

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Modern Languages

New (2018)

In my first interview, I was given 15 minutes beforehand to read a text, annotate it and check word…

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