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.

Linguistics

Clare (2015)

I had two interviews. My personal statement was discussed a bit: we discussed a theory I had mentio…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Merton (2018)

For the philosophy interview I was asked about a subject I was interested in and we talked about th…

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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Clare (2017)

The first interview was mainly based off what I'd written in my personal statement - those question…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Sidney Sussex (2016)

For my German interview it felt very informal. I was introduced to both my interviewers and they to…

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Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

Jesus (2017)

In my first interview I was a little thrown off. Due to a mix up I'd had to run across the college …

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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.