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

St Catherine's (2018)

My interviews started off with a general question about why I wanted to study music or about my per…

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Biomedical Sciences

Exeter (2018)

There was some personal statement discussion, with a more in-depth analysis of some of the subjects…

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Chemistry

Somerville (2018)

First interview was inorganic chemistry - we talked about polymers and type of inorganic compound a…

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Modern Languages and Linguistics

Somerville (2018)

The atmosphere was relatively formal: 2 interviewers sat opposite me for all the interviews.For my …

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Catherine's (2018)

There was no theme. I had an economics interview starting with a general question slightly related …

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History

Somerville (2018)

My first interview was half on my personal statement and half on the written work I had sent in. Th…

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