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.

Classics

Brasenose (2016)

In two of my interviews I was asked very generic questions, which at first didn't seem altogether t…

Read more

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Hertford (2019)

We talked about my answers to a pre-interview test, taken at the college. In Economics, we discusse…

Read more

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Hertford (2016)

Philosophy: the interview focused on a problem sheet we did a day before in timed conditions. It wa…

Read more

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Somerville (2017)

Philosophy and economics were in the same interview. I was given some pre-reading for both: for eco…

Read more

Biochemistry

Brasenose (2019)

"Both my interviews involved a number of problem sheets (some with pictures of biological processes…

Read more

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Hilda's (2016)

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

Read more

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