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.

Natural Sciences (Biological)

Newnham (2022)

My first interview was Chemistry and I think it went pretty well. The interviewers started very qui…

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Law

Fitzwilliam (2022)

I was asked about everything in my personal statement - my “theme” running through it, and legal wo…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Robinson (2022)

We started by talking about my personal statement, then moved quickly onto example problems where I…

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History

Jesus (2019)

I had two interviews - one with a secondary source to read and one just general interview that aske…

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History

Trinity Hall (2022)

Both of my interviews were mainly based around the essays I had submitted, potentially because they…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Sidney Sussex (2021)

Per interview I was asked two biological questions, each lasting 15 mins. They were questions that …

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