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.

Classics (4 years)

Jesus (2018)

Lots of discussion about the two pieces of submitted work, then branching out into more general que…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Clare (2015)

All very mathematical based. No questions on personal statement/generic interview questions. One qu…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Sidney Sussex (2016)

Physics: they gave me questions and I was asked to draw a graph. It was the style of a supervision.…

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Engineering

Clare (2013)

The first interview was more vocal - personal chats and some off the wall logic-style questions. Se…

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Classics (4 years)

Churchill (2016)

The first interview included a test of my Latin reading ability (reading a passage without preparat…

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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.