How would you prepare for an Oxford interview?

Difficult to ask a specific question in this sphere, but having gone through the tutorial system, I am aware of the format they take and having prepared successfully for Oxford interviews, I know the sort of things that tend to come up. I would provide a text of the right sort of level that the student is unlikely to have seen previously and ask various questions about the passage.
For example, I would perhaps give the first page of Kafka's Amerika/ Der Verlorene and ask questions including:-what are initial impressions/ what is going on in the passage-what is the relevance of the symbolism with the statue of liberty holding the sword-what do you make of the main character-what if I told you that this text was about X, how does that change your view of this passage
The questions would provide a starting point to further discussion about the text and the passage and hopefully provide a spring board to discussion on further texts, which is exactly how an oxford tutorial would tend to be.

LH
Answered by Laura H. Oxbridge Preparation tutor

1689 Views

See similar Oxbridge Preparation Mentoring tutors

Related Oxbridge Preparation Mentoring answers

All answers ▸

How do I properly prepare for my Oxbridge interview?


How should I plan and structure a personal statement?


What do tutors look for during an oxbridge interview?


There are four prisoners in a line with a brick wall separating them to three and one. They are wearing alternative coloured black and white hats, but they do not know this. They only see ahead of them - which prisoner can solve the colour of their hat?


We're here to help

contact us iconContact ustelephone icon+44 (0) 203 773 6020
Facebook logoInstagram logoLinkedIn logo

MyTutor is part of the IXL family of brands:

© 2026 by IXL Learning