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.

Economics and Management

St Edmund Hall (2018)

I had one economics and one management interview. The economics one started with a brief question o…

Read more

History

Brasenose (2019)

My first interview was more focused on my personal statement and my personal experiences with histo…

Read more

Materials Science

St Anne's (2019)

1st Interview: This was a very hands-on interview, where I was given things and then asked question…

Read more

Economics and Management

St Catherine's (2020)

Of course I was very nervous for my interview, but we got the opportunity to speak to student helpe…

Read more

English Language and Literature

Trinity (2019)

Somehow we got onto the topic of Pride and Prejudice but they kept asking me about the TV and film …

Read more

English Language and Literature

St Anne's (2018)

Both interviews had the same structure. You have 5 minutes outside the interview room to annotate a…

Read more

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