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

St Hilda's (2017)

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

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Earth Sciences (Geology)

Exeter (2018)

In my first interview (at Exeter), I was interviewed by two tutors. We discussed a 'Fermi type prob…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Exeter (2017)

My first interview was split into 10 minutes on Economics and 10 minutes on Politics. For Economics…

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Earth Sciences (Geology)

University (2018)

In my first interview I was given a broad question about pressure and gravity meant to test my unde…

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English Language and Literature

Merton (2018)

Of the two interviews in my college, one was largely personal-statement based, and the other was fo…

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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.