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.

Classics (3 years)

Christ's (2019)

Most of the interviews centred around my personal statement, a little on my submitted essay, a pass…

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Classics (3 years)

Fitzwilliam (2022)

Discussing what I said in my personal statement, translation and grammar questions, sources questio…

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Classics (3 years)

Christ's (2012)

I had multiple interviews: two subject-based, and one translation. The translation was fairly strai…

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Classics (3 years)

Christ's (2018)

For one of my interviews I was given a translation to look at 10 minutes before and then spoke abou…

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Classics (3 years)

Corpus Christi (2018)

At one point, I was asked about philosophy which daunted me (having no knowledge), but it was very …

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Classics (3 years)

Clare (2019)

I was expecting to be panicking during my interview but it was actually surprisingly relaxed. First…

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