今天已经12月8号了，牛津的生物化学、古典学、古代史等专业已经开始面试了，其他专业的小伙伴也很快要上战场了。本文为即将参加面试与未来要求申请牛津的小伙伴准备了20条牛津大学面试技巧和50道热门专业面试原题，均来自牛津毕业生和导师的分享。目标牛津的你，赶快熟悉起来吧。
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牛津大学面试前准备技巧
Before the interview
1. Don’t forget an alarm clock别忘了上闹钟
It sounds mundane but could be make or break if you have an early interview and stay over in college the night before. Pack an alarm clock or a mobile phone that is charged so that you don’t have a restless night’s sleep worrying whether you’ll miss it.
2. Brush up on your personal statement复习一下你的个人陈述
Make sure you’ve done everything you put down in your personal statement. If you have time, quickly skim--read some of the texts you’ve mentioned so that you’ll be able to quote in your interview or at least know what they’re talking about. “I hadn’t read one of the books on my personal statement so I got my dad to give me a quick summary before the interview. I got in there and they asked me about one of the characters and I had no idea who it was. It was so embarrassing,” says one graduate who read French and Spanish at Oxford.
3. Know what your interviewer has written了解你的面试官写过什么
Rosemary Bennett, who read Politics, Philosophy and Economics, says doing your homework on the subject tutors at the college will make you stand out. “Be really prepared and read what they have written recently. It’s so easy to find out what they have done --not so that you can suck up to them --but so you know their areas of interest. If you know their take on a situation you won’t go in with half baked opinions to the expert.”
4. Make an effort with your appearance注意自己的仪表
“Wear something bright to make yourself more memorable. Try to look smart but not too try--hard,” says one Cambridge Theology graduate.
Murad Ahmed, who studied Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge advises, “You just have to look like you’ve made an effort and take the interview seriously. That might mean a suit and tie, or just dressing smartly. The guy after me came dressed in a Gap hoody, and I never saw him again.”
5. Keep an eye on the notice board 注意公告栏
Your interview time will be posted on the college notice board in the college entrance and in the Junior Common Room. The times of these can change at the last minute and if you are required for another interview the only way of finding out is to check the board. Some colleges will take your mobile number and ring you to let you know of any changes --but it’s best to check it every couple of hours just in case.
6. Don’t be put off by other candidates屏蔽其他面试者影响
“Don’t be too intimidated by everyone else and what they know --it is your interview and you will be the only one in the room --not them --so be confident in your own abilities,” says Laura O’Connor who got into Jesus College Oxford to study Geography.
牛津大学面试过程中的技巧
In the interview
7. Choose where to sit with care仔细选择坐的地方
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The interviews are usually held in the tutor’s office and you will often have a choice of seats ranging from a plastic chair to a college heirloom which had seen better days when Henry VIII made a visit.
Kate Rushworth, who read English and German at Oxford, says “I remember sitting on the sofa as instructed and it being so old and flat that I ended up practically sitting on the floor with my knees around my ears.”
Your choice of seat isn’t a test but it’s better not to be distracted by it. So pick a seat that looks half stable and try not to sit in such a way that your leg goes to sleep and you have to limp out of the room when you leave.
8. Make eye--contact保持眼神交流
Murad Ahmed, now a journalist says: “It’s a confidence thing. If you’ve got an interview, you’ve got the grades to be there.” He says tutors he’s spoken to are looking for something more than grades. “I took that to mean, that somehow we could ‘add’ to the institution. I think quiet confidence is what you want to try to evoke, and making eye contact is key.”
9. Don’t be intimidated by the tutors不要被导师吓倒
“But be aware that they know everything you know --and a hell of a lot more,” says Rhiannon Evans, who studied Politics Philosophy and Economics at Oxford and is now studying for a PhD. “They are trying to explore your thought processes. Therefore make it obvious. Don’t just jump it with your final answer as this suggests a lack of reflexivity. You’re not on Family Fortunes. Fully articulate your evaluation and argument.”
10. Don’t speak too soon不要太快回答问题
Being enigmatic and thoughtful can count in your favour, says Nico Hines who studied history at Cambridge. “When they ask you a question, even if you can think of a decent response straight away --just keep your mouth shut for a few seconds and then answer, it makes you appear more contemplative and considered.”
11. But do say something memorable给面试官留下深刻的印象
Rosemary Bennett says: “Get something in that is memorable because they see so many people. Say something that’s going to stick in their mind. The most wacky thing you have done, they are looking for rounded people, not just people who are studying relentlesslyfor A-Levels. Have something to say that isn’t studying --something not to do with school work because they are looking for someone with wider interest. Something that shows you’re not a cookie cutter exam person.”
12. Answer the question but ask if you don’t understand it不懂就大胆问
Dr Rhodri Lewis an English tutor at Oxford University says: “Do answer the questions you're asked directly and with any pertinent examples you have to hand; stick rigorously to the point. Don't blusterand attempt to download pre-fabricated answers onto questions that don't warrant them. Do ask if you don’t understand the question rather than attempt to answer questions that you don't understand.”
13. Show off your broader knowledge展示你广泛的学识
Dr Lewis advises: “Do show evidence of having read and thought broadly around your subject, moving well beyond the A-level syllabus. Do show an interest and awareness in the Oxbridge course you're proposing to read.
Don't, if asked about the fifth act of Othello, say that you haven't got round to that part of the play in class yet. Don't make it look like you're desperate to get into Oxbridge come what may, and that you've no great interest in your proposed subject of study.
14. But don’t show off千万不要卖弄
Dr Lewis warns: “Don't try to be wisecracking smart-Alec; You may well be as clever as you think you are, but your interviewers are often pretty intelligent too, and become rapidly bored with this sort of showboating.”
15. Don’t panic不要惊慌Keep thinking, even when you find yourself in the stickiest of corners; interviewers want to find out how your mind works, not to trick, humiliate or otherwise expose you,” says Dr Lewis.
16. Be prepared to change your mind随时准备改变你的想法
The way you think and whether you can think on your feet is much more important than coming up with the definitive answer --which in most cases doesn’t exist.
I was asked to review a passage from Othello, and went straight in, guns blazing, about the clever punctuation and the impressive effect it had only to be told that it wasn't actually Shakespeare's original punctuation. ‘Aha! Look --here is a copy of the original Folio and the punctuation is different you see! What else did you think?’ I was deflated and terrified having never even heard of the 'folio’”, says one student --who did get a place.
After the interview
面试后该做些什么
17. Don’t worry about what other people say不要担心别人怎么说
Try to avoid conversations with other candidates about what happened in their interview. No two experiences will be the same and you’ll just end up worrying that they did or didn’t ask you something.
18. Be prepared for more为下一场面试做好准备
The Oxbridge entrance system means that you could be called for an interview at another college. This is nothing to worry about and isn’t necessarily a sign you haven’t got in to your college of choice.
The tutor may want a second opinion or think you are a bright candidate but just doesn’t have space for you. Likewise if you don’t get another interview it doesn’t necessarily mean you have fallen at the last hurdle --they may have just decided you are strong enough to get straight in.
Laura O’Connor says: “Don’t worry if they keep you on for an extra day --I sat nervously as they dismissed people at the end of the Tuesday, stayed overnight and huddled into the Geography faculty on the Wednesday to sit on a sofa by a fire all day, and in the end I wasn’t called for any extra interviews," but she did get a place.
19. Congratulate yourself on having got through it完成面试,值得庆祝
Getting through an Oxbridge interview with all your faculties still intact is a reason to be proud. So don’t berate yourself by replaying what you said or didn’t say, just enjoy the fact that it’s over.
20. Don’t set all your hopes on getting in始终记住牛津不是你的选择
Finally, don't get too worked up about it and don’t place all your hopes for future happiness on a place at Oxbridge.
Wherever you go to university you will have three unique years in a place you are likely to count among the best in the world.
50道牛津大学面试真题
人类学、考古学
1.说出6个世界主要宗教信仰的名字。
2.英国史前巨石阵对你来说意味着什么？
3.为什么人们要建造纪念碑？
4.为什么我们要从全面的、人类学的角度来发展所有国际课程？
艺术史
1.我们学习艺术是要探寻什么？我们试图要揭示什么？
2.评论墙上这幅画，找出三个图相的相同点和不同点。
3.近期去过哪些展会？
4.你怎么判断一种艺术是成功还是失败？怎么判断艺术的价值？
5.谁应该拥有艺术？
6.艺术是什么？
7.艺术画廊和博物馆在现代社会中起到什么作用？
8.人类天生就有创造性吗？
9.在你的学业之外，读大学期间你将怎样继续坚持你在艺术史上的兴趣？
10.艺术史的几个主题是什么？
11.怎样描述经过几世纪发展的人类？
12.谁发明了直线透视法？艺术家还是建筑师？
生物化学
1.催化剂是怎么起作用的？
2.阐述一下蛋白质组成的化学原理。
3.为什么你想学生物化学而不是化学？
4.你最近看什么科学刊物？你感兴趣的那个领域近期有新发展吗？
经济学
1.解释菲利普斯曲线是怎么产生的？
2.你怎么看财政和货币政策的关系？
3.讲讲电视机行业的竞争。
4.现在的货币政策有效果么？
5.英国加入欧盟的优点和缺点是什么？
6.一个好的经济学家的基本要素是什么？
数学、高等数学
1.说说关于积分法的纯数学问题。
2.请阐述力学方面的数学问题。
3.概率学的统计问题。
4.说说循环、数列、算术的计算问题。
工程
1.求导两道积分题
2. 能量守恒和平抛运动结合的问题；例子：讲一个人滑雪橇飞起来了，让你算落到向下θ角度的斜坡上时间是多少，落地前速度是多少，刚落地后速度是否可算？
3.斜坡上有弹簧拉着的一个方块滑上滑下，要分有没有摩擦力来讨论。
4.让你用积分思想算一个极坐标里面很诡异的形状的面积，最后让你用别的方法估算一下它的面积，验证一下。
自然科学
1.What is enzyme ? 解释他的特性和属性。额外：请画一个氨基酸的结构图。额外：Rgroup请解释1下。
2.两张图片是beatles. 一个是Male，一个是Female. 它们的区必须而是什么？ 额外：还有什么动物公的和母的是不一样的？答案比如：孔雀
3.为什么选择这个课程？
4.关于鳄鱼：haemoglobin（血红蛋白）
5.ethane分子的模型怎么样最稳定？
化学
1.探测原子的方法。一个原子为中心，不同半径发现原子的几率不同，画一个函数，然后在判断状态。
2.Ridical Distribution Function. 3.Write the electric configuration of Na, followed by Se (by related to periodicity and Group). Write some of these compounds of Se
4.Sketch y=e^-x, followed by y=A(1-e^-kx)^2. Guess what this shape means.(y: energy; x:the distance of the hydrogen atoms in hydrogen molecule)
5.Explain what does (0,0) means, why the curve approach A, what is A and reasonings.
6.Calculate cos 75, explain why sin 30 is 0.5 (hint: symmetry)
Do d over dy by given that f(y) is integrating cos (x^2+1) from 0 to y. What will d over dy like if integrating cos (x^2+1) from a to y?
7.A box is given initial velocity v at bottom of a slope, which has a gradient of alpha. Calculate the maximum height for the mass to climb if no friction/ friction constant is miu. Suggest what will happen if miu tend to be 0/ infinity
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