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.

Geography

St Catherine's (2019)

When I first arrived at college for my interviews I was so so nervous (to the extent that I could b…

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Modern Languages

Jesus (2018)

There was a very friendly atmosphere. My interview mainly focused on personal statement and some re…

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Geography

Jesus (2018)

Started with some smalltalk and basic questions about something I'd written on my personal statemen…

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Geography

St Hilda's (2019)

We talked about current geographical issues in the world. I was given several different maps and gr…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Merton (2019)

Philosophy: There was a problem sheet: a longer question that I read during the interview(a bit awk…

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Biochemistry

Somerville (2018)

In my first interview I was asked about a few aspects of my personal statement (but only bits relat…

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