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.

Biochemistry

Exeter (2018)

My first interview started out as a discussion about protein folding and amino acids, this was foll…

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Biochemistry

Somerville (2018)

Just before both interviews there was a scientific text read in a separate room. These varied in le…

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Biochemistry

Hertford (2018)

We were told at a meeting the evening before that we would have pre-reading for the first interview…

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Biochemistry

University (2016)

I was asked about my personal statement very generally such as why did I like the book I had mentio…

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Biochemistry

St John's (2018)

At first, I was asked for something simple in my personal statement (likely just to check that I kn…

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History and Politics

St Edmund Hall (2020)

My history interview was mainly focused around my written work, with only one question about my per…

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