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oxford maths interview tips please! :)

hi guys!
i have been notified of two panel interviews from the university of oxford for mathematics
would anybody be willing to give any advice/tips for this?
as i understand it, i will almost certainly be asked about graph sketches, and/or some form of integration question. i also know people who have received quite complicated questions with regards to combinatorics, is this something that could be asked? i do struggle with this, so would start looking into this more so that my general understanding around this topic is as clear as possible,

thanksss!! :smile:

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by Anonymous
hi guys!
i have been notified of two panel interviews from the university of oxford for mathematics
would anybody be willing to give any advice/tips for this?
as i understand it, i will almost certainly be asked about graph sketches, and/or some form of integration question. i also know people who have received quite complicated questions with regards to combinatorics, is this something that could be asked? i do struggle with this, so would start looking into this more so that my general understanding around this topic is as clear as possible,
thanksss!! :smile:
See this thread where I posted Maths Interview Questions for Oxbridge. But Maths does not excite me as much as Law does. 😛 lol

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7352210

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by thegeek888
See this thread where I posted Maths Interview Questions for Oxbridge. But Maths does not excite me as much as Law does. 😛 lol
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7352210

thank you! i shall work through these.
funnily enough, i had to decide between law and maths before i settled on maths as law was super interesting to me too 🙂

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by Anonymous
thank you! i shall work through these.
funnily enough, i had to decide between law and maths before i settled on maths as law was super interesting to me too 🙂
When writing your step by step solutions don't forget to: "Think out aloud." Because the interviewer(s) will be treating it much like a Oxford tutorial.

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Hi did you get a date for your interview ?

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by Anonymous
Hi did you get a date for your interview ?
I have a range of dates in which they said they would offer me an interview, but nothing specific yet :smile:

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by Anonymous
I have a range of dates in which they said they would offer me an interview, but nothing specific yet :smile:


Yes same it’s for maths right? Which college? Going a bit mad

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There is a demonstration maths interview prepared and released by Oxford at https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/interviews

This will have real tutors asking the same kind of questions that they ask in a live interview an is the most reliable source of information about what it will be like. You can pause the video after each question and think about what you would say.

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by nikkiemi
Yes same it’s for maths right? Which college? Going a bit mad

yes! i have exeter college (which i applied to) and st peters, and i havent heard anything so far ahhalso the range they gave was so large that its scary to thing that it could be in two days or ten :,(

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I still don’t have my second college!

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by Anonymous
I still don’t have my second college!

it should be okay! i know people who've only had one so far too ahh! whats ur first

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by Anonymous
I still don’t have my second college!

hi, maybe to ease your mind i thought id let you know i have been given dates and times for interview now haha 🙂 good luck !

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by Anonymous
hi, maybe to ease your mind i thought id let you know i have been given dates and times for interview now haha 🙂 good luck !


For both colleges or only the first?

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by nikkiemi
For both colleges or only the first?

for both! i have 2 for my first college and 1 from my second

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