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.

History

Corpus Christi (2020)

The interviewers started off asking me some questions about the topics I mentioned being interested…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Pembroke (2021)

I only had one interview conducted by two interviewers: a chemist and a materials scientist. The in…

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Classics (4 years)

Selwyn (2022)

I was shown a piece of pottery and asked to describe what it depicts and why. I was asked why I wan…

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History

Magdalene (2022)

My first interview focused on much of my academic work and what I had learnt in school, there was s…

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History

Fitzwilliam (2022)

In my first interview, the first half was spent asking me about my personal statement, and in the s…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

St Catharine's (2021)

For my ab initio language, I was given a 3 line (translated) poem, and spoke about techniques and w…

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