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.

Engineering

Newnham (2018)

In the interviews, I was asked some problem solving style questions that I had the knowledge from A…

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Engineering

Newnham (2020)

- Each of my four interviewers asked me maths or physics questions around a certain topic. No discu…

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Engineering

Newnham (2020)

My interviews contained a mix of technical questions and more wordy/discussion-based questions. My …

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Engineering

Newnham (2019)

I was really nervous for my first interview and made lots of silly mistakes. I was asked why I want…

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Engineering

Newnham (2018)

They started with questions about me, why I wanted to be an engineer. Lots about my personal statem…

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Engineering

Newnham (2020)

Each of my two interviews had two interviewers, with each of them asking one extended question. Thr…

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