Oxford interviews are academic conversations about the subject you applied for, similar to a short tutorial, in which tutors see how you think and engage with new ideas. Shortlisted applicants are invited to online interviews in December 2026, held on Microsoft Teams; Oxford typically shortlists around 10,000 from more than 23,000 applications. Invitations usually arrive between the middle of November and early December, sometimes with only a week's notice, and Oxford publishes an interview timetable with each course's dates. Applicants are quite likely to have more than one interview, typically with two tutors, and may be interviewed by more than one college. Some courses add a shared online whiteboard; tier 3 courses, including mathematics, physics and chemistry, also need a touchscreen device and stylus to write on it. Oxford advises working through a question aloud when you do not know the answer at once: the final answer is only part of what tutors find out. Shortlisted candidates for 2027 entry are told the outcome of their application on 12 January 2027 via UCAS.
25 maths interview questions, each talked through the way a tutorial works
25 physics interview problems, each talked through the way a tutorial works
25 chemistry interview questions, each talked through the way a tutorial works
25 PPE questions worked as thinking aloud, plus a mock interview to run at home
25 History questions worked as thinking aloud, with source passages and a mock interview to run at home
What Oxford Chemistry interviews ask and how tutors judge them: the 2026 dates, the department's own numbers and criteria, 10 original practice prompts and 2 problems talked through aloud.
How the Oxford physics interview works in December 2026: two colleges, three marks out of 10, what tutors look for, and 2 original problems talked through aloud, step by step.
What happens in an Oxford maths interview, the December 2026 timetable, 10 practice questions with two worked aloud step by step, and a plan for the weeks before.
What Oxford interviews are, the December 2026 interview dates by subject, the online set-up, what the questions are like by subject, and how to answer aloud when you do not know.
What Oxford History tutors ask about and how they assess it, the 2026 interview dates by History course, and two passages talked through as thinking aloud: Macaulay (1848) and Elizabeth I at Tilbury.
18 original philosophy, politics and economics questions, each with a line of argument, 2 worked in full, plus how Oxford scores PPE interviews and the December 2026 dates. Independent practice.
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