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 (Physical)

Clare (2015)

In the physics interview we discussed three physics problems, which required A level information, b…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Pembroke (2014)

Transition metals and d orbital splitting, resonance structures in one, something about the product…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Churchill (2016)

There was a focus on both physics and geology (because this was the focus of my personal statement)…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Clare (2014)

Neither interviewer asked about my interest in the subject, anything I had read or any of my extrac…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Clare (2015)

All very mathematical based. No questions on personal statement/generic interview questions. One qu…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Selwyn (2016)

One interview involved discussion of my personal statement. The other two interviews each were cond…

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