Interview Insights: Oxford

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.

Biology

St Hugh's (2019)

In my first interview, I had to sit outside in a corridor for a minute or two before being asked in…

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English Language and Literature

St Hugh's (2019)

In both for the first 10 mins or so we discussed the text I had just been given to read in the pre-…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Hugh's (2019)

For my Economics interview, I was given three different problems on paper which were predominantly …

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Archaeology and Anthropology

St Hugh's (2020)

I was presented with unexpected objects which I had to create a consistent analysis of. I was also …

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Fine Art

St Hugh's (2019)

I took my portfolio and gave them some time for the interviewers to look through it beforehand. Onc…

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Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics

St Hugh's (2021)

Both of my Psychology interviews largely revolved around data and images I was given - one of the i…

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