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.

Philosophy

Emmanuel (2017)

In my first interview, we mostly discussed things from my personal statement. I had mentioned I was…

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Law

Jesus (2014)

My first interview had two interviewers: one took the lead and the other occasionally asked extra q…

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Medicine

Magdalene (2018)

In both my interviews there were 2 interviewers, with one asking me questions, and the other taking…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

St John's (2017)

I had a test upon arrival. It had more abstract physics questions than I had at A-level.The first i…

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Philosophy

Emmanuel (2015)

The first interview was pastoral and very chatty. We mostly talked about my personal statement i.e.…

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Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

Sidney Sussex (2015)

The first interview was a piece of unseen reading. I had 20 minutes to read and study it and then w…

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