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.

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Queens' (2021)

In my first interview, I discussed my essays and the work that I was doing for my A-Level and then …

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Maths

Queens' (2021)

Both interviews were entirely problem-focused - there were no “why do you want to study maths” styl…

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Geography

Queens' (2020)

I had written about a book I had read focusing on a particular issue in a particular place. We talk…

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Classics (3 years)

Queens' (2021)

In one they showed me an image to describe, asked me to translate a piece of Latin unseen, and had …

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Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

Queens' (2021)

Firstly, there were NO TRICK QUESTIONS, despite the rumours online about this being the case. My in…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

Queens' (2021)

Mostly spoke about my personal statement in both. Had to analyse poetry in the languages I was appl…

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