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 (2015)

One of them was focused on chemistry, but not knowledge based, you really just had to be able to th…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Sidney Sussex (2015)

Biology - one interviewer, asked to think about the use of and explain a physical object. I did not…

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English

Sidney Sussex (2017)

Discussed areas of personal statement, initial interview was enjoyable and engaging, second with un…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Magdalene (2018)

My first interview had one graph sketching question, where the interviewer lead me through sketchin…

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Classics (4 years)

Sidney Sussex (2014)

The first interview was informal with my future personal tutor - we talked about my favourite thing…

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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.