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.

History

Worcester (2016)

Basically I just had a lot of fun because it was a top opportunity to talk to some really cool acad…

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Modern Languages

The Queen's (2017)

My first interview began with a discussion about several books mentioned on my personal statement b…

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Human Sciences

St Catherine's (2016)

I was asked about my motivations for studying the course. Then I was given mainly hypothetical ques…

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English Language and Literature

Christ Church (2018)

In both interviews I had to speak about a text I'd been given 20 minutes before. Both texts were po…

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English Language and Literature

St Peter's (2017)

For both interviews I was asked to arrive 20 minutes early to analyse an unseen poem. Each intervie…

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Modern Languages

Lady Margaret Hall (2018)

All my interviews covered the same areas but in slightly different orders. For each, beforehand I h…

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