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

Pembroke (2016)

I was asked maths and physics questions that were A level standard or just above but nothing horren…

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Engineering

Clare (2013)

The first interview was more vocal - personal chats and some off the wall logic-style questions. Se…

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Engineering

Robinson (2015)

Topics: maths and physics and geometry (circle, triangles etc)How it felt: relaxed, helpful intervi…

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Engineering

Emmanuel (2018)

Interview 1: This was a purely technical interview; a few minutes of small talk to get me comfortab…

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Engineering

Homerton (2019)

For my first interview, there were no general questions. When I joined the room, there was a brief …

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