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

Merton (2018)

I was only really given maths questions in all four of the interviews. In my first interview, I wa…

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Mathematics

Lady Margaret Hall (2016)

In all three of my interviews there was very little small talk or non-maths questions. I think they…

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Mathematics

Somerville (2016)

Most of the interviews started with a little personal statement discussion. But then we would go pr…

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Mathematics

St Hugh's (2018)

My first interview started with a general question about my main interests within maths, and we tal…

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Mathematics

Oriel (2017)

All my interviews at both colleges (New and St Hugh's) were purely academic, with no small talk bes…

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Mathematics

The Queen's (2019)

Out of all 4 interviews there was only one time I was asked a question that wasn't about one of the…

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