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

Gonville & Caius (2017)

Each of my three interviews began with a discussion about topics I have studied or expressed an int…

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History and Politics

King's (2017)

I had my Politics interview first, and it's the one I left feeling better about. At a specified tim…

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Law

Selwyn (2017)

The first interview was law-based, where I was given a 6-page statute to read, and was asked scenar…

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Veterinary Medicine

Clare (2016)

One was based off my personal statement and one was more science orientated but did initially stem …

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Human, Social and Political Science

Downing (2016)

My first interview was pretty firmly rooted in questions about international hierarchy. It was inti…

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Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

Christ's (2017)

In my first interview we discussed more abstract concepts, such as how we would consider or diagnos…

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