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.

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Catherine's (2018)

Every interview had the same format. They introduce a concept to you and just get you to play with …

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Jesus (2018)

I had only one interview for PPE that lasted about twenty minutes and was carried out by four profe…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Wadham (2017)

All three of my interviews had the same structure. Before or at the start of the interview they gav…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Magdalen (2018)

None of the interviews dealt with my personal statement whatsoever. I know from the other applicant…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Exeter (2016)

My first interview was split into 10 minutes on Economics and 10 minutes on Politics. For Economics…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Merton (2018)

For the philosophy interview I was asked about a subject I was interested in and we talked about th…

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