The Questions listed below have been taken from past Oxbridge interviews. Choose one to answer and our team will respond with constructive feedback and an idea on how you would have fared in a real Oxbridge interview.

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* 1. About You

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* 2. Here's a cactus. Tell me about it?

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* 3. If you could save either the rainforests or the coral reefs, which would you choose?

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* 4. Ladybirds are red. So are strawberries. Why?

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* 5. Do bankers deserve the pay they receive? And should government do something to limit how much they get?

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* 6. Place a 30cm ruler on top of one finger from each hand so that you have one finger at each end of the ruler, and the ruler is resting on your fingertips. What happens when you bring your fingers together?

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* 7. Imagine we had no records about the past at all, except everything to do with sport – how much of the past could we find out about?

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* 8. Imagine we had no records about the past at all, except everything to do with sport – how much of the past could we find out about?

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* 9. What does it mean for someone to ‘take' another's car?

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* 10. If the punishment for parking on double yellow lines were death, and therefore nobody did it, would that be a just and effective law?

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* 11. How hot does the air have to be in a hot air balloon if I wanted to use it to lift an elephant?

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* 12. What is language?

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* 13. What is language?

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* 14. I'm having trouble with the meaning of three words: Lie, Deceive, Mislead. They seem to mean something a bit similar, but not exactly the same.  Help me to sort them out from each other.

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* 15. An experiment appears to suggest Welsh speakers are worse at remembering phone numbers than English speakers. Why?

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* 16. Is someone who risks their own life (and those of others) in extreme sports or endurance activities a hero or a fool?

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