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.

Classics and English

Oriel (2021)

For both my Classics and English interviews I was given an extract about 15 minutes beforehand to f…

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Engineering

Robinson (2022)

They covered 2 common A-level Physics topics that everyone would be familiar with and they asked ea…

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History

Queens' (2021)

I honestly can't remember too much, but my first interview was a real shock and I was given 12 or s…

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Computer Science

Queens' (2021)

The first interview was purely CS-related: half of it was a discussion relating to my personal stat…

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Geography

Worcester (2021)

I'd say it is quite easy with geography to work out which interview will focus more on physical and…

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English

Pembroke (2022)

Both interviews made reference to my personal statements and submitted essays. The first interview …

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