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What do interviewers look for in a candidate?

The most important thing to remember is that your interviewer will most likely also be a supervisor/tutor. Therefore, the best thing to do is to come across as someone they'd enjoy supervising and as someone...
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A patient comes to you saying they have lost peripheral vision. What is the diagnosis?

This is a classic style of Oxbridge interview question, where the candidate is presented with a question on a topic they won't have seen before, and is expected to work logically using the information provid...
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Suppose we complete a rectangle of dimensions m*n by the following rule: everytime we complete a square, we put in an number from 0 to 4 equal to the number of adjacent squares already completed. What can we say about the sum of the numbers in all squares

Well, first we can notice that we can think about the table being covered with dominos. Each possible domino we can put on the table ends up increasing our final sum by one, since one of the two squares will...
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I’m applying to Cambridge… what do they want from me?

First off, don’t panic! Many people have the idea that admissions tutors are measuring you against some kind of “ideal Cambridge student” blueprint, but this is absolutely not true. Cambridge is made up of a...
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What do Oxbridge look for in a personal statement?

For Oxford and Cambridge, the focus will always be upon your relationship with the subject. The personal statement needs to explore what you love about it, why you love it, and what you have done inside and ...
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