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 (Physical)

Clare (2013)

The interviews involved working through A level physics, chemistry and maths with a new context to …

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Medicine

Sidney Sussex (2014)

The 1st was very scientific - we talked about vision, blood and membranes, among other things. The …

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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Emmanuel (2016)

The first interview was about my personal statement, so make sure you are prepared to be questioned…

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Computer Science

Sidney Sussex (2016)

Discussed the contents of the test. Went over questions I had done well on, and talked about ones I…

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Classics (4 years)

Christ's (2017)

The passage used for the translation exam was a style of text I was not expecting and by a writer I…

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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.