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.

English Language and Literature

Harris Manchester (2021)

The first thing I would say is, try to remember the tutors interviewing you are human too, and want…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Jesus (2021)

I was given two passages with questions underneath, and I had 65 mins to read and answer the questi…

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Classics

Jesus (2021)

In the Classics interview, I was asked why about book I had mentioned in my personal statement, and…

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English Language and Literature

Jesus (2021)

I had two interviews, one was an unseen poem that I talked through with the tutors, this also broad…

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History and Politics

Magdalen (2017)

Politics interview: I was given some graphs and charts to look through for 20mins. They seemed to b…

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History

Magdalen (2021)

In my first interview (Magdalen), there were three tutors. We discussed emotional history, childhoo…

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