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

Somerville (2019)

Don't stress. It will seem daunting but at the end of the day, it really is just a conversation. Th…

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Modern Languages

Magdalen (2022)

For Modern Languages, each interview had a similar structure. It was basically divided into three: …

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Classical Archaeology and Ancient History

Christ Church (2022)

I was asked to analyse some sources  and was asked prompt questions. I related the sources to my kn…

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History

Worcester (2022)

The first half of my interview was about my personal statement, the second half was about a source …

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Classics

The Queen's (2021)

In one, there was a discussion of the translations I had made for the CAT, followed by some questio…

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Medicine

Exeter (2016)

2 of my interviews were at Exeter College, my third was at University College. At Exeter, they were…

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