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.

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Corpus Christi (2018)

My first interview was for Politics. The tutors started off with some questions about my personal s…

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Biochemistry

Trinity (2017)

Most of the tutors are really friendly and will help guide you into questions. Nonetheless, they ma…

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Economics and Management

St Peter's (2017)

We began with a chat about things on my personal statement and then a general conversation. There w…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Catherine's (2017)

I was asked thinking-style questions, which didn't require any knowledge beyond basic calculus for …

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Mathematics and Computer Science

St John's (2018)

In all of the interviews the main focus was on a problem - there was a little conversation at the s…

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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.