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.

English and Modern Languages

The Queen's (2020)

My first interview was my French interview. The first thing I did when I got into the Teams Meeting…

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History

Somerville (2022)

1. I had a discussion of my personal statement, leading to a discussion of my written work. The que…

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English Language and Literature

Somerville (2022)

We started with some extracts of poems, and discussed them, the second half was about my personal s…

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Maths

Gonville & Caius (2022)

My interview got into the maths pretty fast, after all this is the main priority for them. I was as…

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Music

Fitzwilliam (2021)

In one interview we analysed some scores and in the other we discussed an article. I got asked a bi…

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Modern Languages

Somerville (2019)

Don't stress. It will seem daunting but at the end of the day, it really is just a conversation. Th…

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