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.

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Worcester (2016)

Basically I just had a lot of fun because it was a top opportunity to talk to some really cool acad…

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Somerville (2018)

My first interview was half on my personal statement and half on the written work I had sent in. Th…

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Oriel (2018)

Both interviews were centred around a source (either picture or text) and I was asked questions on …

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Balliol (2013)

In my first interview, we talked about the written work I had sent in. For me, this was an essay on…

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Wadham (2017)

In my first interview, we discussed my piece of submitted written work. I was in a room with two tu…

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St Catherine's (2012)

My first interview was about an essay I’d submitted on Benjamin Disraeli’s foreign policy, and the …

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