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 Edmund Hall (2017)

I was asked about why I applied to Oxford and why I chose chemistry. I was also given problem sheet…

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Chemistry

St Catherine's (2017)

They asked me a variety of questions in no way related to my personal statement. All candidates wer…

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Chemistry

St Anne's (2017)

I had three interviews at my college - one for each of the different branches of chemistry. During …

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Chemistry

New (2017)

All my interviews were pretty much just problem sheets (just went through questions as the tutor p…

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Chemistry

St Catherine's (2017)

There was no discussion of my personal statement or of me generally. Each interview was with two tu…

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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.