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

Murray Edwards (2015)

I can't remember exactly but they asked very specific questions about books I mentioned in my perso…

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Architecture

Gonville & Caius (2016)

In the general interview the questions were more vague, the interviewer asked about my motivations …

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History

Robinson (2016)

My first interview revolved around a discussion of my personal statement, which my interviewer esse…

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Biochemistry

Lady Margaret Hall (2016)

The interview was similar to a tutorial- a concept was introduced and I had to discuss potential an…

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Classics (4 years)

Robinson (2015)

In the first interview I was asked various questions about Classics, often on my opinion. One thing…

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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.