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.

Economics

Queens' (2017)

I was asked two problem-style questions. One more macro themed, the other more micro themed (althou…

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Economics

Emmanuel (2019)

My second interview was better than my first interview, I think the nerves got to me to be honest. …

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Economics

Magdalene (2019)

First interview: personal-statement related question on Brexit, asked to choose a topic within econ…

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Economics

Christ's (2021)

Maths and Economics discussions - it's not as bad as people think it is and I treated it more as an…

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Economics

Jesus (2019)

There was no discussion of my personal statement, just problem sheets. One around maths, another fo…

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Economics

Girton (2021)

In one of my interviews I was asked about my personal statement briefly. I was asked to go into mor…

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