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.

Medicine

Exeter (2016)

2 of my interviews were at Exeter College, my third was at University College. At Exeter, they were…

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Music

Jesus (2017)

In the first interview, I was asked to discuss my thoughts on a previously unseen piece of music an…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

St John's (2017)

I had a test upon arrival. It had more abstract physics questions than I had at A-level.The first i…

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History

Emmanuel (2017)

The first interview was source based. The source had been sent to us in advance and I had prepared …

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Engineering

Pembroke (2015)

The first interview was for going over the questions in the maths and science test - there were too…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Jesus (2018)

My interviewers were very friendly and made sure I'd visibly settled down before starting. My first…

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