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.

Natural Sciences (Biological)

Pembroke (2014)

One interview was more biology based and one was more chemistry based (there was a form sent around…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Sidney Sussex (2015)

Biology - one interviewer, asked to think about the use of and explain a physical object. I did not…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Emmanuel (2018)

Hard to remember, generally perhaps a small question from my personal statement then a second one w…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Christ's (2017)

First interview was very much biology based, however, it did have some Chemistry elements to it als…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Sidney Sussex (2017)

The first interview was very chemistry based. It was very difficult and I didn’t understand some of…

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Natural Sciences (Biological)

Jesus (2018)

My interviewers were very friendly and made sure I'd visibly settled down before starting. My first…

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