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

Exeter (2017)

I had 2 interviews for Italian, one for German, and one for modern languages in general. In the lan…

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Modern Languages

St John's (2016)

I was asked about my personal statement, the books I had read and why I was interested in my subjec…

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Modern Languages

Jesus (2016)

1st interview - I prepared notes on a poem in English and a translation of Shakespeare; there was a…

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Modern Languages

The Queen's (2017)

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

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Modern Languages

Lady Margaret Hall (2017)

I was given two poems beforehand and was asked to talk through and translate (one was in German). B…

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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.