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.

Biochemistry

St John's (2018)

I was asked about amino acids, entropy, hydrophobic molecules, genetic pedigree diagrams, why I wan…

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History of Art

Christ Church (2018)

Top tip! On the Oxford website you can look up past interview questions that are no longer used to …

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Biochemistry

Corpus Christi (2016)

1st interview: I sat down around a large table with two young tutors. Both were friendly and welcom…

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English Language and Literature

St Anne's (2018)

I was given a poem, which I annotated and then talked about with interviewers. I talked about what …

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English Language and Literature

Somerville (2018)

We went through my personal statement and the texts. I chose to express why I wanted to take Englis…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Hilda's (2016)

Interview 1 (Philosophy & Economics): This started with a few questions about my background and…

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