Past admissions interview questions for Modern and Medieval Languages
What is the purpose of comedy? (Oxbridge Applications)
Was Romeo impulsive? (Oxbridge Applications)
Why does French food interest you? (Oxbridge Applications)
Are you surprised that there is no Russian word for "privacy"? (Oxbridge Applications)
Why do we psychoanalyse historians? (Oxbridge Applications)
Think of a painting of a tree. Is the tree real? (Oxbridge Applications)
Chekhov's great, isn't he? (Oxbridge Applications)
what would happen here if someone caught bird flu? (this question was asked in German) (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
do you feel that there is censorship in the English media? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
if you had a rugby match, an orchestra concert and a piece of homework, how would you prioritise them and why? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
if you had to send 3 things in a package to a group of isolated tribes’ people that would immediately let them know what it means to be 'French', what would you choose? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
tell me the most interesting thing about yourself. (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
what is wrong with the sentence 'here comes bob'? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
why do things have names? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
would you describe yourself as a post-modernist? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)
why should we choose you over the other candidates (Oxford, Oxbridge Applications)
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