Interview Insights: Cambridge

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.

Engineering

Sidney Sussex (2016)

The first interview focused on discussing the passage and my workings on the questions, and one or …

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Engineering

Sidney Sussex (2016)

Very academic but the questions were majorly A Level standard. Just there to test how you react und…

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Engineering

Clare (2015)

We discussed my motivations for studying at Cambridge, the college I applied to, and the subject. P…

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Engineering

Robinson (2016)

The test was about engineering related questions: a mix of A-Level standard (mechanics and structur…

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Engineering

Emmanuel (2016)

First interview - two technical questions (effects of gravity and acceleration on real-life objects…

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Engineering

Christ's (2016)

At christs, everyone waited in JCR for all subjects. Everyone was chatting, nice vibes. You would g…

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