Oxbridge Admissions Interview

Are you (or is your son or daughter) preparing for a law school Oxbridge interview? It is famously impossible to forecast in advance the types of questions that will be asked in Oxbridge interviews. You must develop the ability to think for yourself.

The University of Cambridge conducts interviews with around 75% of all undergraduate applicants. At Oxford, where there are about six applications for each open position, around fifty percent of applicants are invited for an interview. When applying for extremely competitive degrees, applicants who come closest to achieving the conditions for selection may be invited to several interviews.

The purpose and structure of interviews at both institutes of higher education are quite similar. They are essentially a mini-tutorial or supervision; tutors will give you a brief passage to read or a small problem to complete, and then ask you to debate it. Contrary to popular belief, there are no psychological tricks or mind games to be conducted during interviews. The objective of the interview is for lecturers to determine how you react to various situations and how you process the information offered to you.

It does not matter how quickly you arrive to a certain answer, or whether you arrive at all. It is conceivable that there is no proper response. The professors are mainly interested in knowing your thinking process and how you use your skills and expertise. Your interview performance does not determine whether or not you will be offered a place; a variety of aspects, are taken into account. In contrast, the results of any commercial examinations will have no bearing on your application's success, and the institution neither endorses nor supports such commercial efforts.