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.

Economics

Christ's (2021)

Maths and Economics discussions - it's not as bad as people think it is and I treated it more as an…

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Medicine

Queens' (2021)

Asked science questions and a couple about the "values of being a doctor" and NHS values. It was su…

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Geography

St John's (2021)

We started with some general questions about why I wanted to study geography and where my areas of …

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Churchill (2020)

Started with some easy maths, then went on to more thought-provoking questions related to maths and…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

St Catharine's (2021)

To my surprise, the questions were much more approachable than I was expecting! I had two interview…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Pembroke (2022)

My interview started with questions about something I had written in my personal statement, which I…

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