Oxford University Interview Questions, How Many of Them Can You Answer?

According to British media reports recently, Oxford University, a world-renowned top-tier university and research institution, has a unique admissions interview question that has defeated no math bully in the world. Many people may wonder what the entrance interview questions of Oxford University in the UK would be like. Recently, the school has released sample interview questions. And last year, Oxford University also released some interview questions. Let’s see if you can answer them.

2016

What do Oxford University interviews ask?

1. “What makes a novel or play politically charged?” (Modern Languages major)

2. “A quarter of deaths in the UK are due to cancer, but in the Philippines, the proportion is only one in ten. What is the reason for this difference?” (Medical Major)

3. “What is blaming a person?” (Philosophy, politics, or economics majors)

4. “Imagine a ladder leaning against a vertical wall, and the tread in the middle of the ladder is painted in color; if the ladder were to fall to the ground, what shape would this tread cut in the air?” (Mathematics major)

5. “The results of a large experiment showed that the older brother or sister of twins always scored better than their younger brother or sister on IQ tests, why is this?” (Experimental Psychology major)

2015

1, J. K. Rowling wrote a book for adults after the huge success of the Harry Potter series of novels. What do you think are the differences between writing for children and writing for adults? (English Literature major)

2. Why do you think a British student might be interested in the fact that the TV series Coronation Street has been running for 50 years? (English Literature major)

3. Which person or type of person in history would you most like to interview? What are the reasons? (History major)

4, seven pirates to share 100 gold coins, the most senior pirate proposed distribution plan, if half or more pirates agree to this plan will be implemented, if less than half agree to the proposed plan to throw the pirates into the sea, the rest of the people in this way then divided, ask the most senior pirate will propose how to share? (Computer Science major)

5, if I visit the area where you live, I will be interested in what? (Geography major)

6, if the car parked on the double yellow line sentence of death, and therefore no one so parked, then this is a just and effective law? (Law major)

7、Why does your heart rate increase when you exercise? (Medical profession)

8、Should poetry be difficult to understand? (Modern Languages)

9、What is language? (Modern Language Major)

10、Why do many animals have stripes? (Biology major)

Interviews are scary? Are questions too odd?

Oxford admissions teachers.

“It is an academic discussion, most of them don’t have standard answers”

According to British media reports, an Oxford teacher in charge of the interview said that because the outside world has always made Oxford’s interview fabulous, so the school decided to put out some questions to let people understand a little bit of Oxford’s interview mechanism. “We are doing this to lift the veil of mystery shrouding the admissions interview process.”

1, the questions are in no way intended to make things difficult for candidates

“There have been a lot of rumors about Oxford’s interview questions, but our open-ended questions are not designed to catch people out; those questions are designed to stimulate discussion between students and interviewers, to see how candidates react to new ideas or whether they can come up with interesting arguments.” An admissions teacher put it this way.

Another examiner in charge of interviews for English majors also said, “We are not trying to make things difficult for the candidates, so there is no need to guess what the examiner is going to ask next, let alone prepare answers in advance. Open-ended questions are meant to provoke discussion and can have many divergent thinking directions.”

2, look at the thinking process rather than specific answers

In response to the five sample interview questions released this year, Oxford University’s teacher in charge of admissions said there were no standard answers to any of the questions, except for the math questions. “The interviewer will not examine your rote memorization of memorized knowledge, but wants the candidate to show his true ability and potential.”

“We want to see the candidate’s thought process rather than arrive at specific answers. The interview questions will start with familiar areas and then expand into broad areas beyond the textbook,” the admissions teacher said, “to see how they respond to new knowledge and ideas, how they apply their knowledge, and how they use their talents to let their intelligence shine through when they encounter new problems.” The answer to that math question is that it will form a “quarter circle with the intersection of the wall and the ground as the center of the circle”.

3, the interview takes the form of academic dialogue

“Oxford University’s entrance interviews are well organized, with specific selection criteria for each topic. Interviewers and candidates take the form of academic dialogue to select the topics they discuss.” A teacher in Oxford said that the interview is actually not that complicated, is the student and the specific professional teacher to meet, and then an “academic exchange”.

4, the interview is only part of the examination

When Oxford University announced the interview questions last year, admissions teacher Mike Nicholson said, “The undergraduate entrance interview is only one part of the process, Oxford will be through a series of measures very rigorous selection process to assess your academic ability and potential, at least two interviews.”

“I hope these example questions will be helpful in preparing candidates for the entrance interview. It will also give candidates an early insight into the atmosphere at Oxford, as such an interview process will be encountered when studying any course after admission.”

Interview questions dare to be more bizarre

Job hunting in the UK may run into these questions

The following are the top ten odd interview questions summed up by the “Women” column, the Daily Mail.

1、How many traffic lights are there in London?

2, how do you insert the fight between Batman and Superman?

3、What can you do with this piece of paper?

4、If we shrink you to the size of a pencil and put you into a blender, how do you plan to come out?

5、What color is your brain?

6、How do you think about garden elves?

7、Can you call the names of the seven dwarfs?

8、What kind of fruit would you like to be?

9、If your life were a news story, what do you think the headline would be?

10、Tell me a story?

Penny Dwarka, who works in human resource management, says these types of questions allow examiners to get a glimpse into the mindset of interviewees and examine how they respond to stress.

So how do you respond? Rachel Stockwell, who works for a headhunting firm, suggests that interviewers do some homework ahead of time to understand the various oddities in interviews; if they don’t understand a question, they can ask the examiner to elaborate; they can be nervous, but don’t overstress and avoid just answering “yes” or “no “Don’t think the worst, but have confidence in yourself.

(Summary from the Internet)