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Oxford PPE Interview

Hi Everyone,

I have had my PPE invite for Oxford and need a lot of help preparing.
First of all, I am struggling finding questions, that may be asked.

Also, I don't currently do Philosophy and am getting increasingly worried that a Philosophy question will come up and I will not have any idea what to say.

Please help I am so worried :frown:

Reply 1

milkymochaccino

hi! from what I gather, the kinds of questions they ask can vary a lot, so there's no way you could fully anticipate what you'll be asked. I'd say you should prepare a response to "why do you want to study this subject?" and standard stuff like that.

for philosophy I reckon they're likely to test how you use logic and reason/your thought process when responding to a question, but it won't be anything requiring prior knowledge. I'm most worried about econ, as I haven't studied that, but I think the tutors will be aware that no one is likely to be an expert on all three!

questions will differ between interviews and between colleges, but this page is helpful if you just want a general idea:
https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/applicants/subjects/ppe-interviews

plus you could have a look for some recorded demonstration interviews like this:
https://youtu.be/wcUh0vp9Rcs?si=UQNmm0qivGsPmnPp

I can't claim to be an expert because I'm in the same boat as you! but this is just what I've got from researching online. good luck!