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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Robinson (2018)

In the first interview I was given a poem to read and then asked about it. We also talked about som…

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Corpus Christi (2017)

In the first interview I found some of the questions asked about the pre-reading a bit hard, someti…

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Christ's (2017)

Both interviews followed a very similar format; two interviewers attended each, I was given a poem …

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Peterhouse (2017)

My first interview was focused on literature in general - texts I read for pleasure as mentioned in…

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Robinson (2018)

Although this maybe a surprise to some, I actually enjoyed the whole interview process. I was obvio…

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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.