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.

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Wadham (2017)

In my first interview, we discussed my piece of submitted written work. I was in a room with two tu…

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Somerville (2018)

The first interview was a discussion of both my submitted written work and areas of my personal sta…

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The Queen's (2015)

Interview 1 (Ancient history): I was asked to read two pieces of evidence, which we then discussed …

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Exeter (2015)

I applied for a joint degree, history and English. One interview was about my personal statement an…

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The Queen's (2017)

Interview one: I was emailed a 30 page source to read the day before my interview. In this intervie…

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St Catherine's (2012)

My first interview was about an essay I’d submitted on Benjamin Disraeli’s foreign policy, and the …

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