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 and Linguistics

Somerville (2018)

The atmosphere was relatively formal: 2 interviewers sat opposite me for all the interviews.For my …

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Modern Languages and Linguistics

St Hilda's (2015)

In both my German interviews I had to discuss the written text they’d provided me with shortly befo…

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Modern Languages and Linguistics

Christ Church (2018)

Neither interview mentioned my personal statement. My first interview focused quite a lot on how I …

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Modern Languages and Linguistics

Worcester (2017)

German 1: I was given 15 minutes to look over a poem (with no dictionary). When I went into the int…

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Modern Languages and Linguistics

Somerville (2018)

The atmosphere was relatively formal: 2 interviewers sat opposite me for all the interviews. For my…

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Modern Languages and Linguistics

The Queen's (2018)

The interview was a fantastic experience, not so much involving any targeted questions expecting te…

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