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.

Chemistry

St Anne's (2019)

There were two tutors in each of my interview who introduced themselves at the start and then did r…

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Materials Science

St Anne's (2019)

A mixture of things: manufacturing methods, mechanics (maths calculations), atomic structure and sp…

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Modern Languages

Jesus (2019)

My first interview was based around my personal statement and a few grammar/translation tests - the…

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English and Modern Languages

Worcester (2019)

I had 5 interviews in total. In the first English interview, we started with discussing my A Level …

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Classics

St Hilda's (2018)

My first interview was a discussion of an unseen passage (English translation provided) and a philo…

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Engineering Science

St Hugh's (2019)

I had mentioned my interest in the energy sector in engineering. Consecutively, I was shown an inte…

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