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.

Maths

Trinity (2017)

First I sat a one hour written paper, which pretty much felt like an exam. This was nice for me as …

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Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

Downing (2019)

Both of my interviews were very similar in format. I was first given a novel stimulus, such as a gr…

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Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

Magdalene (2019)

I was given texts for two of the interviews to look over before hand as well as unseen prompts. I f…

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Veterinary Medicine

Emmanuel (2019)

First interview much more academic about specific areas of science but more of an academic discussi…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Pembroke (2018)

The general style of the first interview was "relaxed" and conversational, although I have felt mor…

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Music

Clare (2017)

I was given a score to analyse in advance, which was then discussed, along with general musicology …

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