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.

Modern and Medieval Languages

Newnham (2020)

Both my interviews started with a discussion on the pre-reading I was given 20 minutes beforehand -…

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Geography

Newnham (2019)

1st interview: I had to read an article about human rights abuses and complexities in the shift tow…

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Archaeology

Newnham (2020)

Questions in the interview centered on discussing the books I had included in my personal statement…

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History Of Art

Newnham (2019)

Both of my interviews were of a similar format. We spoke a little about my interests that I had bro…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Newnham (2019)

In my first interview, the interviewers began by asking me about how I found my school, which I thi…

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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Newnham (2019)

My first interview was for Arabic, and took place in the AMES faculty. For both my interviews, some…

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