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.

Biology

St Catherine's (2018)

Interview 1: I was asked generally about my EPQ topic (I mentioned it on my personal statement) whi…

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Biology

St Hilda's (2017)

In my first interview I had to read a paper half an hour beforehand, we had the choice between one …

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Biology

Lady Margaret Hall (2015)

LMH: We spoke about my personal statement briefly. Then they asked how I would design an experiment…

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Law

Lincoln (2016)

I was surprised to discover that my interviewers had no interest whatsoever in my personal statemen…

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History

Brasenose (2018)

In my first interview, we discussed the content of the essay I submitted, which was really fun and …

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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.