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 Hugh's (2017)

The interviews were structured differently at each college, but each college did the exact same int…

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Geography

St Edmund Hall (2018)

Both my interviews were separated into 3 sections, alternating between two interviews for both. In …

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Anne's (2018)

In my politics interview, I was first asked about an achievement I mentioned in my personal stateme…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Peter's (2018)

In the Economics interview I was given a sheet of paper with exercises on game theory. The tutors l…

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Fine Art

St Anne's (2018)

I was asked to talk about my portfolio and questions followed regarding what I had said - e.g. on t…

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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.