Oxford University interview questions (and how to answer them)

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Interviewer Stephen Tuck of Pembroke College says this question is designed to make applicants think about historical evidence and is geared towards those who have studied maths. We might then probe the value of numerical evidence in a particular subject they have studied, for example agricultural yields in medieval Europe, crime rates in industrial England, or the profitability of American slavery -- and think about what other sources would be needed to make sense of the past," he said. Nick: This would never be given as a one-line question out of context -- it is one of a set of questions I ask students after showing them a psychology experiment case study with data about short-term memory in English and Welsh speakers.