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

Newnham (2021)

In the first interview, one interviewer asked about my personal statement, the other about my submi…

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History and Modern Languages

Jesus (2020)

My language interview began with a conversation in the target language. In the half hour before the…

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Maths

Robinson (2022)

In the first interview, the interviewer went straight into asking questions about mathematics witho…

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Economics and Management

Keble (2022)

Firstly, I was given two maths questions, which I found quite overwhelming. I told the interviewers…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Churchill (2017)

Nothing was discussed outside of two chemistry questions within each interview, there were 4 questi…

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Geography

Robinson (2021)

My interview started with general questions about why I had chosen Cambridge and Geography. The int…

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