Interview Insights: Cambridge

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.

Law

Girton (2018)

First there were some introductory questions to calm me down. Then they asked me pretty open (very …

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Girton (2017)

In the first interview, they gave me some material in French and ten minutes to read it. Then they …

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Land Economy

Girton (2018)

In the first interview, I mainly talked about my personal statement, in particular my interests wit…

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Geography

Girton (2016)

Both of my interviews were 'subject interviews', i.e. they were specifically to do with geography a…

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Engineering

Girton (2018)

There was no questions on my personal statement - both interviews focused on physics, maths, engine…

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Philosophy

Girton (2017)

In my first interview I was given a passage by John Stuart Mill to dissect, and in the second inter…

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