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 (Biological)

Corpus Christi (2016)

There were a variety of question types. I was given two plant specimens and asked to talk about the…

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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Queens' (2015)

In the first interview, I was asked to read out the passage they gave me and discuss it, and after …

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Economics

Emmanuel (2016)

1st interview - talked about personal statement and an article on macroeconomy.2nd interview - aske…

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History

Jesus (2017)

My first interview was a discussion of a 20 page paper in a journal discussing what type of history…

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Linguistics

Christ's (2016)

The first interview was very general and mostly focused around my personal statement. Since the int…

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Engineering

Murray Edwards (2014)

Physics interview was 50% based on content I'd already covered, but stretching the knowledge I alre…

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