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.

Materials Science

Mansfield (2017)

In my first interview they asked me about the core science I had written about in my personal state…

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Materials Science

Corpus Christi (2018)

In my first interview the two tutors put me at ease, asking me about my journey to Oxford. I also v…

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Materials Science

Mansfield (2016)

One of my interviews started with being asked about my EPQ, and in the other we discussed an articl…

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Materials Science

Mansfield (2017)

In the first interview, I had maths and physics based problems to solve. I had paper and a pen to w…

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Materials Science

St Catherine's (2017)

My interviews consisted of two things: these were personal statement based questions, and physics a…

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Materials Science

St Catherine's (2017)

My first interview began with many personal statement oriented questions to ease me in. Then over t…

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