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.

Modern Languages

St Hilda's (2021)

We started by looking at a poem and reading through it, with the chance to ask about any unknown vo…

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Biomedical Sciences

St Anne's (2021)

St Anne's interview: asked about my favourite thing to talk about at the moment in the field of bio…

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History of Art

Lincoln (2021)

Considering modern applications of art historical concepts and thoughts, such as the impact of gall…

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Law

Jesus (2021)

I had 2 extracts (one per interview) of legal judgements. I was given 15 minutes before my intervie…

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English Language and Literature

Somerville (2021)

I enjoyed my interviews. We spoke about books I had read from my personal statement which led to id…

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English Language and Literature

Hertford (2018)

I had 2 interviews, for the first I was given an hour to choose 1 unseen poem from a collection of …

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