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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oxbridge does require interviews, but they are NOT like US interviews.  They are basically oral exams. Tutors ask questions about the subject the student has applied to study.  There is no discussion of ECs or personal background and no opportunity for the student to ask questions about the school or the program.  They are merely a different (and less coachable) kind of  test. [/quote]

Mmm, not exactly an oral exam. They asked DD about what she had read in the subject area and what she thought about it. Also why she was interested in subject. Not as wide ranging as some, but not what I would consider an oral exam.[/quote]

DP I do think it depends on subject. I know for a fact that if you're applying to study Math then they just get you to work through a series of questions until you're stumped and then they observe how you try to figure out something you DON'T know and the angles you take and the suggestions you make. So yes, that really is a kind of oral exam. Similarly for English Lit they will provide you with a poem 20 mins before they meet you online. Then they ask you to explain it. So that too, is very much like an "oral exam".[/quote]
Mine had that (question sets) plus an interview (later in the process) where they asked about interests related to the area and what she was reading. I would not categorize that interview as an exam.[/quote]

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