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.

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Emmanuel (2017)

In my first interview we discussed the poem and my interviewer told me to feel comfortable in askin…

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Sidney Sussex (2017)

Discussed areas of personal statement, initial interview was enjoyable and engaging, second with un…

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Emmanuel (2016)

My first interview involved an unseen poem which I had to collect and read half an hour before. I w…

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Christ's (2016)

I was given unseen poems to read aloud, then asked for notable aspects of their style, form and age…

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Murray Edwards (2015)

I can't remember exactly but they asked very specific questions about books I mentioned in my perso…

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Sidney Sussex (2018)

In the first interview I was given five minutes to look over a poem, which we then discussed. I was…

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