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.

Music

Worcester (2018)

I was given material before the interview (an essay on European music and various scores of music) …

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Theology and Religion

Worcester (2018)

I was asked some questions relating to my personal statement - particularly on books I mentioned I'…

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Classics

Worcester (2016)

In my first interview (a general discussion one) the first thing I was asked was what I wanted to t…

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Classics

Worcester (2018)

Interview 1: The interview began with being asked to tell the 2 interviewers an intellectual questi…

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Mathematics

Worcester (2017)

I was given maths questions and asked to work through them, explaining my thought process. Some I w…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Worcester (2018)

My first interview was split: half politics and half economics. The economics half I was very nervo…

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