Interview Insights: Oxford

Here's our database of first-hand student interview experiences. You can also watch students talk about other aspects of university in our student videos.

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

St Peter's (2018)

In the Economics interview I was given a sheet of paper with exercises on game theory. The tutors l…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Hertford (2019)

We talked about my answers to a pre-interview test, taken at the college. In Economics, we discusse…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Hertford (2016)

Philosophy: the interview focused on a problem sheet we did a day before in timed conditions. It wa…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Somerville (2017)

Philosophy and economics were in the same interview. I was given some pre-reading for both: for eco…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Lincoln (2018)

I had 10 minutes with each tutor. Economics was related to game theory. Philosophy was about the ro…

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Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Merton (2017)

Economics: I was given a problem sheet before, solved it and then discussed how minor changes to th…

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* Despite interviews being online this year, the experiences and advice from previous years will still be relevant.