“If you want to go to a particular university, don’t apply to the hardest college,” says Woody Webster. “It’s easier to fly to the moon than read history at Magdalen.” Oxbridge interview dos and don’ts Do arrive in plenty of timeand as relaxed as possible. Make sure you know...
A provocativemodern languagesquestion in which the interviewers want you to answer the direct question ‘why learn French’ (e.g. as a ‘window’ into culture/literature/history), but also they want to see you challenge the assumptions within the question – e.g. is English a global language?
Some of the best interview questions do not have a 'right' or a 'wrong' answer, and can potentially lead off in all sorts of different directions. Applicants might have picked up ideas about the function of a lion's mane from independent reading or from watching natural history documentaries...
Siân Pooley, from Magdalen College, advised history candidates how to explain what they cannot find out about the past. “A candidate might start off by saying that they had been studying Tudor England and historians don’t know much about the lives of the poor because they were less likel...
Music Interview Questions How did Wagner’s operas influence the history of Western music? Why has music developed the way it has? Which venue do you most like to play in acoustically? Consider Girls Aloud and football anthems with reference to functionality of music. ...
'Not all candidates might have the same access to a wide range of literature,' said Lucinda Rumsey, of Mansfield College.'If I start with Harry Potter, everyone at least has a starting point of recognition.'History applicants might be asked to imagine how much about the past they could ...
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Oxford Solutions’ recruiters prefer to see your relative work history and what skills you’ve used in your past roles. For this reason, our recruiters prefer chronological over functional resumes. Long and Lengthy Resumes Try to limit your resume to 1 or 2 pages. Furthermore, make sure...
The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Volume 29, Issue 4, October 2024, Pages 556–557, https://doi.org/10.1093/jdsade/enae035 Published: 20 September 2024 Article history PDF Split View Cite Permissions Icon Permissions Share Icon Share Issue Section: Family and Practitioner Briefs...