Oxford Interview (University of Oxford undergraduate admissions interviews)
Oxford Interview (University of Oxford undergraduate admissions interviews)

Oxford Interview (University of Oxford undergraduate admissions interviews) — Practice tests

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25 maths interview questions, each talked through the way a tutorial works

  • 25 original questions: number, proof, sequences, graphs, calculus, geometry, probability, logic
  • For each: what to say first, the approach step by step, and the trap
  • Where a tutor may take the conversation next, for every question
  • What to say when you are stuck, and how to use a hint
  • Writing maths on the shared whiteboard
  • A 25-minute mock-interview script a parent or friend can run
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25 physics interview problems, each talked through the way a tutorial works

  • 25 original problems: mechanics, orbits, waves, light, electricity, heat, nuclear, scaling
  • For each: what to say first, the approach step by step, and the trap
  • Numbers worth knowing for quick estimates
  • Where a tutor may take the conversation next, for every question
  • Checking units and limiting cases, and what to say when stuck
  • A 25-minute mock-interview script a parent or friend can run
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25 chemistry interview questions, each talked through the way a tutorial works

  • 25 original questions: bonding, shapes, trends, energetics, rates, equilibrium, acids, organic, everyday chemistry
  • For each: what to say first, the approach step by step, and the trap
  • The forces to reason with, and energy versus rate
  • Where a tutor may take the conversation next, for every question
  • What to say when you are stuck, and how to use a hint
  • A 25-minute mock-interview script a parent or friend can run
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25 PPE questions worked as thinking aloud, plus a mock interview to run at home

  • 9 Philosophy (one worked in full on page 1), 8 Politics and 8 Economics questions
  • Each question: how to think it through aloud and follow-ups to practise; most also give one line of argument (not the only one)
  • Eight thinking moves to practise, and eight traps
  • Economics with worked numbers: a price rise taken to its break-even, comparative advantage, expected value
  • Two data questions on invented charts: turnout and a minimum wage
  • A 30-minute mock interview script with follow-up cards, so a parent or friend can push you without knowing PPE
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25 History questions worked as thinking aloud, with source passages and a mock interview to run at home

  • 25 original questions, one worked in full on page 1
  • Four questions to prepare about your own submitted essay and personal statement
  • Two invented source passages, each with three questions; a reading method and a sample discussion for the first, four comparison checks for the second
  • An invented population table and an object to read like a historian
  • Eight thinking moves for History, and eight traps
  • A 30-minute mock interview script with follow-up cards, so a parent or friend can push you without knowing History

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