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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Trinity (2013)

I had one interview about my personal statement and essays which I enjoyed. It was basically them g…

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Jesus (2019)

In my first interview I tripped over and basically fell into my chair - yes, it was as awful as it …

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Girton (2022)

The first interview was conducted by one of the History DoS and a Fellow and focussed on a pre-set …

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Homerton (2021)

I only had 1 interview but it was 40 minutes long and with 3 interviewers. The first 20 minutes wer…

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Pembroke (2019)

Across my 2 interviews, I'd say 25% was on my personal statement, 50% on the two submitted essays, …

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Fitzwilliam (2021)

My first interview was mostly based on the essays I had submitted. I was asked questions on both th…

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