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

Worcester (2019)

My first interview began with describing a biological object that was put in front of me, they then…

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Biology

St Catherine's (2019)

The interviews range in a variety of topics, from genetics (my favourite) and statistics in my firs…

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Biology

Merton (2019)

A practical question about a seed pod, interpreting a graph of seabirds, and looking at a phylogene…

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Biology

St Hilda's (2019)

I answered questions on unfamiliar text material relating to my course, further questions on the su…

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Biology

The Queen's (2017)

There was a tiny bit of time to talk about some of my lab experience but most of the interview time…

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Biology

Somerville (2021)

First interview (with Somerville): I was really jittery when I answered the video call, expecting t…

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