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.

Engineering

Pembroke (2021)

I was a bit nervous at first, but the interviewer was very nice and I quickly relaxed. I heard that…

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History and Politics

Brasenose (2021)

My tutors were actually very friendly and I enjoyed my interviews as so much prep and anticipation …

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English

Newnham (2021)

In both interviews I was given unseen extracts from poems, which I had 15 minutes to look over and …

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Maths

Homerton (2021)

We simply did maths problems for both interviews. No introductions, no "why did you apply here", ju…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Pembroke (2021)

My interview started with a question about my personal statement, and some of the things I had ment…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Pembroke (2019)

I had two interviews. One focused on physics and maths. During this I was asked two questions, one …

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