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

Homerton (2021)

I only had 1 interview but it was 40 minutes long and with 3 interviewers. The first 20 minutes wer…

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Maths

St Catharine's (2018)

My interviews consisted entirely of maths problems: no questions about my personal statement and no…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Selwyn (2021)

My “get to know you” interview became remarkably biological, but since arriving here it sounds like…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

St Catharine's (2021)

The first interview started with a question I was not supposed to know the answer to, and I had to …

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Biochemistry

The Queen's (2018)

I had three interviews, each 20 minutes. Everyone was really friendly, and although it felt intimid…

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Human, Social and Political Science

Robinson (2020)

For my HSPS interviews, the first one was sociology-based and the second one was politics-based. In…

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