Interview Insights: Oxford

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.

English Language and Literature

Exeter (2019)

Discussed my personal statement, was asked to analyse poetry, spoke about what I'd been reading cur…

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English Language and Literature

Somerville (2021)

I enjoyed my interviews. We spoke about books I had read from my personal statement which led to id…

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English Language and Literature

Hertford (2018)

I had 2 interviews, for the first I was given an hour to choose 1 unseen poem from a collection of …

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English Language and Literature

Harris Manchester (2021)

The first thing I would say is, try to remember the tutors interviewing you are human too, and want…

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English Language and Literature

Jesus (2021)

I had two interviews, one was an unseen poem that I talked through with the tutors, this also broad…

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English Language and Literature

Keble (2022)

My interview process started when I got emailed, a half hour before my interview, two poems to read…

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