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.

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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Medicine

Newnham (2016)

The personal interview addressed the personal statement in detail, expanding on points mentioned an…

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History

Selwyn (2017)

The first interview was source-based, looking at a written source and discussing it. My second int…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Sidney Sussex (2018)

Half my interview was about chemistry and half was about biology. These were the two A Level subjec…

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Engineering

Pembroke (2016)

Essentially a conversation where you discuss your thoughts and ideas as you attempt to answer the q…

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Maths

Sidney Sussex (2016)

The first interview was a personal/general interview with future tutor. The conversation was about …

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