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 Catherine's (2018)

There were no personal questions whatsoever; each interview consisted of 10 minutes with each of th…

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Chemistry

Somerville (2018)

First interview was inorganic chemistry - we talked about polymers and type of inorganic compound a…

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Chemistry

Magdalen (2016)

All the questions were academic questions: I was asked a few easy introductory questions to settle …

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Chemistry

University (2016)

The tutorswent into the interview almost as though it was a tutorial. They presented me with someth…

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Chemistry

Christ Church (2018)

I was not asked about my personal statement in any of the interviews, although some of the other ch…

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Chemistry

St Catherine's (2017)

The interviewers were nice but I was very nervous so I answered questions quickly, giving the wrong…

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