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.

Maths

Christ's (2022)

Before my first interview, I had an hour and 15 minutes to complete a problem sheet (in front of a …

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History

Pembroke (2019)

Across my 2 interviews, I'd say 25% was on my personal statement, 50% on the two submitted essays, …

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Modern Languages

New (2018)

Two interviews focused on literature analysis, I was given an unseen text before my interview and a…

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Medicine

New (2019)

The atmosphere was actually a lot better than expected, every single interviewer was lovely and alt…

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Music

Lincoln (2019)

I was given a text and I had to explain what I understood from it and any thoughts about it. In ano…

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Geography

Christ Church (2019)

In my human geography interview, we discussed news articles relevant to where we were from. I was g…

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