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.

Natural Sciences (Biological)

Gonville & Caius (2019)

In my first interview I was given two problems. Both were on areas of science I had never seen befo…

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Modern and Medieval Languages

King's (2019)

My first interview was for French. First we went through the exercises that I’d had half an hour to…

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Law

Gonville & Caius (2016)

I had two interviews, with two interviewers in each. 30 mins before each interview, I was given two…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Gonville & Caius (2019)

My first interview started with a discussion on which modules I thought I would be likely to take (…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

St Catharine's (2018)

Each interview was a 50-50 split, the first being chemistry/maths and the second physics/maths. In …

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Human, Social and Political Science

Queens' (2019)

One part of the interview was sociology-based, the other was politics/international relations-based…

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