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.

Music

Somerville (2021)

Somerville: When I got sent my pre-interview materials this was on a Teams call with other student …

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Classics

Jesus (2021)

First (in my Classics interview), the tutors and I introduced ourselves to one another, followed by…

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Classics and English

Wadham (2021)

My first interview was my worst one. I was given a historical report about a territory in Ancient R…

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Earth Sciences (Geology)

Worcester (2021)

My interview was online so I never went down to Oxford and sat in a room with interviewers, which I…

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Mathematics

Keble (2021)

With maths I was not asked about my personal statement at all or really about myself (I was asked w…

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English

Robinson (2020)

I mainly got asked about my personal statement and not really the essays I submitted. I got asked a…

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