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Resources and Links

Cambridge Applicants

You will normally receive two interviews, but at some colleges they may conduct theirs as a single, longer interview instead. In either case, you’ll be interviewed for a similar amount of time – around 35–50 minutes in total. Typically, this is highlighted on the college’s website, either on the subject page on their website, the applying section or the current applicants’ information section. It’s always worth reading these as they can be helpful in this way. Don’t read the information for other colleges – it is not relevant to you.

• Applicant Webinar Series - www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applicant-webinars
• Interviews Information Page - www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-interviews

Oxford Applicants

• Check the interview timetable www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/interviews/interview-timetable2: for an idea of dates in your subject. This will also tell you when you would hear about any additional interviews if called for them during the interview period.
• Check the technology requirements for your subject www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/interviews – you may still be waiting to hear, but you can check this ahead of time.

Useful for both!

Sample interview videos: do not limit yourself just to those that are specific to your subject, or your university – Oxford and Cambridge conduct interviews similarly and so you should make use of resources from both. Also, looking at videos of similar subjects can be helpful for getting a better of interviews generally too.

When looking at any that are subject specific, or similar enough to yours, consider pausing the video as questions are asked and consider your own response before you continue playing to see how it goes in the example!

• Oxford Demonstration Interview Videos www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/interviews and sample questions (same link)
• Sample Videos - www.christs.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/how-apply/application-support-uk-students/sample-interview
• Oxplore https://oxplore.org – broad and interesting questions you can use as a discussion point
• Iwanttostudyengineering https://i-want-to-study-engineering.org – Maths and Physics problems at the level of interviews
• Keep reading around your subject and taking opportunities to practice applying your knowledge and skills, such as working on problems, reading articles or books, watching online talks or listening to podcasts and so on – just as you have been doing in preparing to apply.

Beyond this, make sure you are getting sufficient rest, are eating well and staying hydrated, as well as taking time to relax and unwind. These all lay important groundwork to help you perform at your best – much more so than trying to learn specific additional content, cramming stuff and similar.

If you have been invited to the interview, we wish you the very best – remember you can only try your best and do try to enjoy it! You’ll learn something new and be pushed with your thinking and take this as an opportunity to see if the small group teaching style is for you too. Remember that each interview is a separate point of assessment if you have more than one, so try to only focus on the one you’re in.

Best wishes,

Ellie & Andrew

Christ’s College, Cambridge and Lincoln College, Oxford