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 (Physical)

Sidney Sussex (2017)

Generally speaking you will just work through problems, thinking aloud. Do not be afraid to ask for…

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Human, Social and Political Science

Emmanuel (2015)

In the interviews, part of it focused on the text I was given. They were very general and the focus…

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Human, Social and Political Science

Fitzwilliam (2017)

All of the first interview was based on the extract I had read, which was a sociological study, wit…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Sidney Sussex (2015)

In my French interview, almost the entirety of it focussed on my analysis on the poem I had been gi…

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Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

Sidney Sussex (2016)

In my first interview, I was asked general questions about my personal statement, about the subject…

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Computer Science

Gonville & Caius (2018)

Both interviews were technical, with problems to solve, leading into discussion on the way I approa…

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