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

Newnham (2017)

In the first interview (with the prose extract) I essentially just had a stream of consciousness, t…

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History Of Art

Newnham (2015)

In the first interview I discussed art I was interested in and mentioned in my personal statement. …

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Human, Social and Political Science

Newnham (2015)

In the first interview, I was asked general questions about an archaeological site I'd discussed in…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Newnham (2015)

A few questions could have been straight off an A level paper. Others were more challenging, but di…

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Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

Newnham (2015)

We discussed the design of academic studies. I was also asked some questions about things mentioned…

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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.