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Oxford University - Interviews

All credit is due to: hi_itsme here on TSR for compiling this list, https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/member.php?u=6590472

General advice:

Interview Tips - Admissions (Christ Church, Oxford, 2022)

Top Tips for an Oxford Interview (Magdalen College, Oxford, 2020)

Interview Tips & Advice Workshop (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020)

How to Prepare for an Oxford Interview (Christ Church, Oxford, 2020)

How to SMASH your Oxford University interview!! (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)


Subject advice:

Anthropology & Archaeology:

oxford:


Archaeology:

Archaeology Admissions Talk 2023 (Corpus Christi, Cambridge, 2023)


Architecture:

Downing College: Architecture Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2021)

Architecture (Queens’ College, Cambridge, 2020)


AMES:


Biochemistry:

websites: [biochemistry - hertford college | university of oxford](https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/applicants/subjects/biochemistry-interviews/#:~:text=Your academic record shows that,won't be a quiz.) (Hertford College, Oxford)

videos:


Biology:

Biology Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

Balliol College Biology: Professor Sebastian Shimeld (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)

Biology at Oxford | Live Q&A with students (1st July) (Faculty of Biology, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University Biology Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


Biomedical Sciences:


Chemistry:

websites:


videos:


Chemical Engineering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IJOsO-Stb4 (Downing College, Cambridge, 2021)


CAAH:

websites:

Microsoft Word - CAAH (Keble College 2024-25 Admission feedback)


videos:


Classics:

oxford:

Balliol College Classics: Dr Adrian Kelly (Balliol College, Oxford, 2021)

What are Classics tutors looking for at interview? (Faculty of Classics, Oxford, 2020)

Classics at Jesus College, Oxford Uni!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


cambridge:

videos:


Computer Science:

cambridge:


oxford:

Computer Science Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)


Earth Sciences:

websites: Undergraduate Admissions | Department of Earth Sciences

videos:


Economics:

Economics Ask The Interviewer (Downing College, Cambridge, 2022)


Economics & Management:

websites:


videos:


English:

cambridge:

English at Cambridge: Webinar with St Catharine's College (St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, 2020)

Downing College: English Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020) (interviews - 58:00 onwards)


oxford:

Interview tips | Faculty of English (Faculty of English, Oxford)

Oxford University English Mock Interview (Mansfield College, Oxford, 2023)

English Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, Oxford, 2023)

Q&A with an Oxford English Student at St Edmund Hall (St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University English Interviews (Keble College, Oxford, 2020)


Engineering:

oxford:


cambridge:

Cambridge Engineering: Interviews (Engineering Society, Cambridge, 2022)

Example Cambridge Engineering Interview (Trinity College, Cambridge, 2018)


Fine Art:

Q&A with an Oxford Fine Art Student at St Edmund Hall (St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)


Geography:

cambridge:

Downing College: Geography Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020)

A mock interview at Queens' Geography (Queens’ College, Cambridge, 2019)


oxford:

[*]Q&A with an Oxford Geography Student at St Edmund Hall (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)
[*]Oxford University Geography Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)

History:

cambridge:

oxford:

History Demonstration Interview ****(Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

Balliol College History: Dr Helen Gittos (Balliol College, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University History INTERVIEW!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)

Q&A with an Oxford History Student at St Edmund Hall (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)

Oxford University History Interviews (Keble College, Oxford, 2020)


History of Art:

Law:

cambridge:

oxford:

Law Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

Balliol College Law: Dr Raquel Barradas de Freitas (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)

Oxford University Law Interview - Law Faculty (Law Faculty, Oxford, 2021)

Virtual Open Day 2021: Law demonstration interview (Mansfield College, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University Law Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


HSPS:

Downing College: HSPS Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020)


Linguistics:

oxford:

#Oxford Uni LINGUISTICS sample interview!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2021)


cambridge:

Downing College: Linguistics Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2021)


Material Sciences:

Mathematics:

cambridge:

Mathematics Mock Interview, University of Cambridge (Mathematics Faculty, Cambridge, 2023)

Admissions interview - typical maths question. (Mathematics Faculty, Cambridge, 2020)


oxford:

Mathematics Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

#Oxford Uni MATHEMATICS INTERVIEW!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2022)

Balliol College Mathematics: Dr Vicky Neale (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)

Sample #Oxford Uni MATHEMATICS interview! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2021)

Q&A with an Oxford Maths Student at St Edmund Hall (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2021) (06:40)

Virtual Open Day 2021: Maths demonstration interview (Mansfield College, Oxford, 2020)


Medicine:

oxford:

Q&A with an Oxford Medicine Student at St Edmund Hall (St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)

Oxford University Medicine Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


Modern Languages:

cambridge:

Cambridge Mock Interview (in person, 2024) (Gonville & Caius, Cambridge, 2024)

Cambridge Modern Languages Interview (Trinity College, Camrbidge, 2024)

Demonstration online Cambridge interview: MML (Spanish) (Gonville & Caius, Cambridge, 2021)


oxford:

Natural Sciences

general advice:

biological:

physical:

Politics:

oxford:

Balliol College Politics: Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh (Balliol College, Oxford, 2021)


Philosophy:

oxford:

Balliol College Philosophy: Dr Adam Caulton (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)


Psychology:

cambridge:

oxford:

Meet the Tutors - Experimental Psychology (New College, Oxford, 2020)

Psychology Undergraduate Admissions Mock Interview (Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford, 2020)


Physics:

Physics Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

#OXFORD Physics Interview!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2021)


PhysPhil:

Physics and Philosophy Interview Video (Merton College, Oxford, 2024)


PPE:

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Reply 1

Original post
by thegeek888
General advice:

Interview Tips - Admissions (Christ Church, Oxford, 2022)

Top Tips for an Oxford Interview (Magdalen College, Oxford, 2020)

Interview Tips & Advice Workshop (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020)

How to Prepare for an Oxford Interview (Christ Church, Oxford, 2020)

How to SMASH your Oxford University interview!! (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)


Subject advice:
Anthropology & Archaeology:
oxford:

Archaeology:

Archaeology Admissions Talk 2023 (Corpus Christi, Cambridge, 2023)


Architecture:

Downing College: Architecture Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2021)

Architecture (Queens’ College, Cambridge, 2020)


AMES:

Biochemistry:
websites: [Biochemistry - Hertford College | University of Oxford](https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/applicants/subjects/biochemistry-interviews/#:~:text=Your academic record shows that,won't be a quiz.) (Hertford College, Oxford)
videos:

Biology:

Biology Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

Balliol College Biology: Professor Sebastian Shimeld (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)

Biology at Oxford | Live Q&A with students (1st July) (Faculty of Biology, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University Biology Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


Biomedical Sciences:

Chemistry:
websites:

videos:

Chemical Engineering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IJOsO-Stb4 (Downing College, Cambridge, 2021)


CAAH:
websites:

Microsoft Word - CAAH (Keble College 2024-25 Admission feedback)


videos:

Classics:
oxford:

Balliol College Classics: Dr Adrian Kelly (Balliol College, Oxford, 2021)

What are Classics tutors looking for at interview? (Faculty of Classics, Oxford, 2020)

Classics at Jesus College, Oxford Uni!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


cambridge:
videos:

Computer Science:
cambridge:

oxford:

Computer Science Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)


Earth Sciences:
websites: Undergraduate Admissions | Department of Earth Sciences
videos:

Economics:

Economics Ask The Interviewer (Downing College, Cambridge, 2022)


Economics & Management:
websites:

videos:

English:
cambridge:

English at Cambridge: Webinar with St Catharine's College (St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, 2020)

Downing College: English Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020) (interviews - 58:00 onwards)


oxford:

Interview tips | Faculty of English (Faculty of English, Oxford)

Oxford University English Mock Interview (Mansfield College, Oxford, 2023)

English Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, Oxford, 2023)

Q&A with an Oxford English Student at St Edmund Hall (St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University English Interviews (Keble College, Oxford, 2020)


Engineering:
oxford:

cambridge:

Cambridge Engineering: Interviews (Engineering Society, Cambridge, 2022)

Example Cambridge Engineering Interview (Trinity College, Cambridge, 2018)


Fine Art:

Q&A with an Oxford Fine Art Student at St Edmund Hall (St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)


Geography:
cambridge:

Downing College: Geography Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020)

A mock interview at Queens' Geography (Queens’ College, Cambridge, 2019)


oxford:

Q&A with an Oxford Geography Student at St Edmund Hall (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)

Oxford University Geography Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


History:
cambridge:

oxford:

History Demonstration Interview ****(Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

Balliol College History: Dr Helen Gittos (Balliol College, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University History INTERVIEW!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)

Q&A with an Oxford History Student at St Edmund Hall (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)

Oxford University History Interviews (Keble College, Oxford, 2020)


History of Art:

Law:
cambridge:

oxford:

Law Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

Balliol College Law: Dr Raquel Barradas de Freitas (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)

Oxford University Law Interview - Law Faculty (Law Faculty, Oxford, 2021)

Virtual Open Day 2021: Law demonstration interview (Mansfield College, Oxford, 2021)

Oxford University Law Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


HSPS:

Downing College: HSPS Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2020)


Linguistics:
oxford:

#Oxford Uni LINGUISTICS sample interview!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2021)


cambridge:

Downing College: Linguistics Subject Admissions Webinar (Downing College, Cambridge, 2021)


Material Sciences:

Mathematics:
cambridge:

Mathematics Mock Interview, University of Cambridge (Mathematics Faculty, Cambridge, 2023)

Admissions interview - typical maths question. (Mathematics Faculty, Cambridge, 2020)


oxford:

Mathematics Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

#Oxford Uni MATHEMATICS INTERVIEW!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2022)

Balliol College Mathematics: Dr Vicky Neale (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)

Sample #Oxford Uni MATHEMATICS interview! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2021)

Q&A with an Oxford Maths Student at St Edmund Hall (St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2021) (06:40)

Virtual Open Day 2021: Maths demonstration interview (Mansfield College, Oxford, 2020)


Medicine:
oxford:

Q&A with an Oxford Medicine Student at St Edmund Hall (St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, 2020)

Oxford University Medicine Interviews!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2020)


Modern Languages:
cambridge:

Cambridge Mock Interview (in person, 2024) (Gonville & Caius, Cambridge, 2024)

Cambridge Modern Languages Interview (Trinity College, Camrbidge, 2024)

Demonstration online Cambridge interview: MML (Spanish) (Gonville & Caius, Cambridge, 2021)


oxford:

Natural Sciences
general advice:

biological:

physical:

Politics:
oxford:

Balliol College Politics: Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh (Balliol College, Oxford, 2021)


Philosophy:
oxford:

Balliol College Philosophy: Dr Adam Caulton (Balliol College, Oxford, 2022)


Psychology:
cambridge:

oxford:

Meet the Tutors - Experimental Psychology (New College, Oxford, 2020)

Psychology Undergraduate Admissions Mock Interview (Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford, 2020)


Physics:

Physics Demonstration Interview (Oxford Undergraduate, 2023)

#OXFORD Physics Interview!! (Jesus College, Oxford, 2021)


PhysPhil:

Physics and Philosophy Interview Video (Merton College, Oxford, 2024)


PPE:

Thank you so much for this! I’m sure everyone will find it very helpful

Reply 2

hi, i’ve noticed that you’ve used my post and website for this, i don’t mind you sharing the links but could you please give some credit… i’m not joking when i say i’ve spent hours compiling this list

Reply 3

Original post
by hi_itsme
hi, i’ve noticed that you’ve used my post and website for this, i don’t mind you sharing the links but could you please give some credit… i’m not joking when i say i’ve spent hours compiling this list

This is outrageous. Passing someone else’s work off as your own is not okay (@thegeek888 as you are aspiring to apply for Oxford, you should be aware that one thing Oxford tutors really can’t stand is plagiarism).

I think that the original post needs to be reported so that it can either be edited to give credit to the person who put in the labour to compile it; or it needs to be deleted and reposted by the person who made it.

Reply 4

Original post
by hi_itsme
hi, i’ve noticed that you’ve used my post and website for this, i don’t mind you sharing the links but could you please give some credit… i’m not joking when i say i’ve spent hours compiling this list
Sorry. I've not written a note at the top of the post with your username. 🙂

Reply 5

Original post
by xyz1234567
This is outrageous. Passing someone else’s work off as your own is not okay (@thegeek888 as you are aspiring to apply for Oxford, you should be aware that one thing Oxford tutors really can’t stand is plagiarism).
I think that the original post needs to be reported so that it can either be edited to give credit to the person who put in the labour to compile it; or it needs to be deleted and reposted by the person who made it.
Calm down mate. I would never pass off an essay from someone else as my own work. These URLs can be compiled using search engines and a tonne of cutting, copying and pasting. More importantly, I have now credited @hi_itsme user here on TSR with the post. 😉

Reply 6

Original post
by thegeek888
Sorry. I've not written a note at the top of the post with your username. 🙂

Thank you for including my username in your post. Sure, anyone can compile links together on a website, but I've voluntarily put in hours compiling these, watching the videos to ensure they include useful content, and categorising them, and I'm not even applying to Oxbridge. If you're applying to Oxford, I wish you all the best and hope these resources help you.

Reply 7

Original post
by hi_itsme
Thank you for including my username in your post. Sure, anyone can compile links together on a website, but I've voluntarily put in hours compiling these, watching the videos to ensure they include useful content, and categorising them, and I'm not even applying to Oxbridge. If you're applying to Oxford, I wish you all the best and hope these resources help you.

Were you going to apply but then changed your mind?

Reply 8

Original post
by Mrnko1
Were you going to apply but then changed your mind?

no, i'm a uni student

Reply 9

Original post
by hi_itsme
no, i'm a uni student

oh right

Reply 10

Original post
by Stiffy Byng
This is low even by your standards. You were caught out in a shabby act of plagiarism and don't have the spine to aplogise. You are disgusting.
It is not plagiarism. Because it was not an essay. It was "data" which you can find copying and pasting. 🙂

I will create a website about Oxford and LSE, UCL, KCL and SOAS eventually. 😉

Reply 11

Original post
by Stiffy Byng
Thegeek888 is a fantasist and a troll. He will never apply to Oxford.
I am not a troll that for sure. 😀 lol

I am neither a fantastist. Just because I want to apply to St. John's College, Oxford for my BA undergraduate Law

degree and Wadham for my postgraduate Law and MBA degrees as part of the Oxford 1+1 MSc/MBA programme,

should not make you despise or hate me. ☹️

I am your friend Stiffy, not your enemy. So, let's make love, not war!!! 😧

We will meet in Oxford eventually. 😛

I apologise for the late reply. But I've been confined to my bed with lots of medicines with all kinds of sickness.

But now it is back to reaching the half way stage of A-Level Maths. 😛 I should be finished by early January 2026.

Expecting a comfortable A grade but should be an A* grade with plenty of past paper practice.

How has your corporate office work been?

Reply 12

Original post
by Stiffy Byng
I don't do corporate office work, Walter Mitty. I sue kleptocrats and fraudulent business people on behalf of defrauded Global South nations and businesses.
As I don't take the Harry Potter Tour at Oxford, you and I are won't meet there, or anywhere.
I don't hate you. I pity you. You are one sick puppy. I deplore your habit of spreading misinformation about Oxford. I find it distasteful that you, a man nearly 40, post your creepy Incel sexual fantasies here, in a forum read by minors.
Posting your university fantasies does nothing to achieve them. You can't get into any university unless you apply to one. Endlessly postponing your proposed application, which you have now been doing for two decades, will get you nowhere. Your refusal to gain insight into your pitiful situation holds you back. You will never get better until you accept that you are unwell.

I think I am missing the original post. Can someone explains what's happened/ what thegeek888 said?

Reply 13

Original post
by thegeek888
It is not plagiarism. Because it was not an essay. It was "data" which you can find copying and pasting. 🙂
I will create a website about Oxford and LSE, UCL, KCL and SOAS eventually. 😉

You plagiarised the hard work of another person. Datasets are legally protected, by the way. We can now add dishonesty to your other faults.

Reply 14

Original post
by Stiffy Byng
You plagiarised the hard work of another person. Datasets are legally protected, by the way. We can now add dishonesty to your other faults.
The same data can be found via search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. So, stop making such a big deal out of it.

Reply 15

Original post
by thegeek888
The same data can be found via search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. So, stop making such a big deal out of it.

You did not do the work to collect such data. You stole another person's work and presented it as your own. That is dishonest. What does your Holy Book say about stealing?

If you had ever studied law, you would know that what you did would, in a commercial context, render you liable to injunctive and financial remedies.
(edited 2 weeks ago)

Reply 16

Original post
by Stiffy Byng
You did not do the work to collect such data. You stole another person's work and presented it as your own. That is dishonest. What does your Holy Book say about stealing?
If you had ever studied law, you would know that what you did would, in a commercial context, render you liable to injunctive and financial remedies.
I learned from my mistake. So, I have nothing further to say. End of.

Reply 17

Original post
by Stiffy Byng
You have learned nothing. You never do. You are unteachable. That is one reason why you will never study at Oxford.
Your lack of honesty is a bar to becoming a lawyer or accountant.
I already am preparing for ICAEW exams in 2028 which are 6 multiple choice papers with just 55% to pass. 😛
Original post
by Stiffy Byng
Thegeek888 is a nuisance poster. He is a man aged almost 40 who lives with his parents. He has no academic or professional qualifications. He fantasises about going to Oxford, becoming a billionaire, and dating supermodels. He is mostly to be pitied, but he posts misinformation about Oxford, and also posts his amorous fantasies, which is inappropriate in this forum.


As someone who spends most of their time helping the Cambridge forum, I'm glad he is fantasising about going to Oxford instead.

Reply 19

@melancollege if you are an admin, is there nothing that can be done? Firstly, his posts drown out sensible and well informed advice on almost every Oxford thread, which is not fair on applicants. Second, the salacious and misogynistic content (eg fantasising about mail order brides) is really inappropriate on a forum populated with minors.

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