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)

Sidney Sussex (2017)

Some mention of my personal statement and then lots of academics questions drawn from that and A le…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Clare (2013)

The interviews involved working through A level physics, chemistry and maths with a new context to …

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Newnham (2017)

There was very little discussion of personal statement aside from a quick query. Each question was …

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Christ's (2017)

In the physics and chemistry interview, we discussed a diagram of forces. I was then asked to defen…

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Natural Sciences (Physical)

Downing (2019)

There were a total of 4 questions, with some subquestions for each. The first was on a topic I had …

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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.