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.

Human, Social and Political Science

Newnham (2016)

Be up to scratch with current affairs & terms used in the media. Discussed personal statement -…

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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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History

Emmanuel (2016)

The source was based on using primary sources to construct a spacial history of a large city.The se…

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Music

Christ's (2016)

First interview was about finding out about me - what music I liked / disliked, what music I like t…

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Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion

King's (2016)

I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed both of my interviews. In the first one I felt comfortable …

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Education

Queens' (2014)

In the French test, I had to read a text in French and answer some comprehension questions on it in…

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