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.

Modern Languages

Lady Margaret Hall (2020)

In my French interview, I was given ten minutes to read a poem and then we discussed the poem for m…

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The Queen's (2018)

Before each interview I was given a poem and 30 minutes to read through and annotate it. For the fi…

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The Queen's (2017)

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

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Wadham (2017)

First interview: I was given a poem to look at for 30 minutes in a room with lots of other people d…

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St John's (2018)

For my beginners' language interview for my college (I had an 'intermediate' language level since I…

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Modern Languages

Oriel (2018)

Easier-to-answer questions were asked at the beginning to help students ease into the interview - e…

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