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.

Mathematics

Keble (2021)

With maths I was not asked about my personal statement at all or really about myself (I was asked w…

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Law

Keble (2021)

I had four interviews at two different colleges. There were two distinct types of interview at both…

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Mathematics

Corpus Christi (2021)

So, each interview had two interviewers, each with 15 minutes to ask you maths questions. They grad…

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Modern Languages and Linguistics

Lady Margaret Hall (2021)

I’m not going to lie and say that I relaxed into my German interview, because I didn’t entirely, bu…

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History

Somerville (2020)

They definitely stuck to the themes in personal statement and submitted written work for the majori…

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Geography

Jesus (2021)

One human and one physical geography interview. Mostly based on resources that they shared with me …

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