2027 entry
How Oxford interviews work this year
For 2027 entry, Oxford interviews shortlisted applicants online in December 2026, and tells them the outcome on 12 January 2027.
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Shortlisting email
A week or more ahead
2
Online interviews
December 2026
3
Decision
12 January 2027
- -All interviews for 2027 entry are online, in December 2026.
- -Oxford emails shortlisted applicants at least a week before their interviews.
- -Shortlisted applicants hear the outcome through UCAS on 12 January 2027.
- -Oxford Medicine applicants who are shortlisted are interviewed online in December 2026 by two colleges; the number and format of interviews can vary by college.
Checked against official university sources on 26 October 2026: Oxford: interviews, Oxford: admissions timeline, Oxford Medical Sciences: application process. Your invitation email has the details for your own course and college.
Mock interviews
How our Oxford mock interviews work
Real length, real questions and strict marking, with a rotating panel of Oxford and Cambridge interviewers, so the real interview is never the first time you face someone new.
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Real conditions
Two interviews of 25 to 30 minutes in one hour, with a strict cut-off. Standard questions, unseen material and real past interview questions we keep for our mock interview students.
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A rotating panel
On the day you meet people you have never seen before. So you meet a different interviewer each time, never more than four mocks with the same person, and nothing is asked twice.
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Strict marking
Every interview is scored on the same three criteria and written up on a feedback sheet in your portal, so you can see exactly where you are improving and what to fix next.
What we mark
- 50%
Academic thinking
Breaking an unfamiliar problem down, testing ideas, using what you know in a new setting and spotting where an assumption fails.
- 30%
Communication
Thinking out loud, stating your assumptions, answering the question actually asked and making good use of a hint.
- 20%
Resilience under pressure
Not whether you are nervous, but whether you recover: after a correction, a dead end or a deliberately vague question.
How to start
- Tell us your course, your colleges and two or three times that suit you.
- We match you with an interviewer for your course and confirm who it is.
- You have two full interviews, live feedback, then the written sheet in your portal.
- Each next mock picks up where the last one left off.
Some of our Oxford graduates on this year's panels
Graduates who came through the Oxford interview themselves, many of them at or near the top of their year.
Law
2nd of 216 first-year Law
Double First in History, Oxford, then ranked 2nd of 216 in his first year of Law at Cambridge, with the Deka Chambers prize
PPE
Top 5% of the year
First in PPE, Oxford, top five per cent of the year, Domus scholarship and Sutton prize
PPE
10th of 226 in the year
First in PPE, Oxford, ranked 10th of 226
History
Top of cohort highest average
First in History and French, Oxford, with the highest average in the cohort
Mathematics
11th UK Maths Olympiad
First-class results in Mathematics at Oxford, 11th nationally in the Maths Olympiad
Chemistry
1st in the year
Biochemistry at Oxford, first-class results and ranked 1st in the year
Philosophy
12th of 88 Philosophy Olympiad
Philosophy and Linguistics, Oxford, 12th of 88 at the International Philosophy Olympiad
Modern Languages
Top of year German
First in German, Oxford, the top student of the year in German
Interviewers are confirmed with you before each session. Oxbridge Mentors is not affiliated with the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge.
Oxford interview questions by subject
One question from each subject guide. Try answering aloud, then open the guide for more questions with hints.
Archaeology and Anthropology
Looking at an unfamiliar object or image, what clues would you use first to infer its possible function, date and cultural context?
Oxford Archaeology and Anthropology questions →Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Discuss the poem or article you were given before the interview. What is your first interpretation, and what might challenge it?
Oxford Asian and Middle Eastern Studies questions →Biochemistry
Would you expect this compound to be more soluble in octanol or water?
Oxford Biochemistry questions →Biological Sciences
Why do some habitats support higher biodiversity than others?
Oxford Biological Sciences questions →Biomedical Sciences
Explain why glucose appearing in urine can be a useful indicator of diabetes.
Oxford Biomedical Sciences questions →Chemistry
How many different molecules can be made from six carbon atoms and twelve hydrogen atoms?
Oxford Chemistry questions →Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Why do you think Dido kills herself in Aeneid 4, and could she have gone back to her old life?
Oxford Classical Archaeology and Ancient History questions →Classics
Read this short inscription from a sanctuary and tell us what you think is going on: what is it, and what is its purpose?
Oxford Classics questions →Classics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
How would you approach a short passage in Latin or Greek with an English translation: what would you discuss first?
Oxford Classics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies questions →Classics and English
Read this short unseen passage and explain how the narrator's voice shapes your first impression of the speaker.
Oxford Classics and English questions →Classics and Modern Languages
Read this short unseen poem or extract and tell us which images, metaphors, or tonal shifts seem most important.
Oxford Classics and Modern Languages questions →Computer Science
Tidy boxes: you have 10 boxes, 100 blocks, and 10 colours; show that the blocks can be packed so that each box contains at most two colours.
Oxford Computer Science questions →
Find your Oxford subject
- Oxford Archaeology and Anthropology interview
- Oxford Asian and Middle Eastern Studies interview
- Oxford Biochemistry interview
- Oxford Biological Sciences interview
- Oxford Biomedical Sciences interview
- Oxford Chemistry interview
- Oxford Classical Archaeology and Ancient History interview
- Oxford Classics interview
- Oxford Classics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies interview
- Oxford Classics and English interview
- Oxford Classics and Modern Languages interview
- Oxford Computer Science interview
- Oxford Computer Science and Philosophy interview
- Oxford Earth Sciences interview
- Oxford Economics and Management interview
- Oxford Engineering interview
- Oxford English Literature interview
- Oxford English and Modern Languages interview
- Oxford European and Middle Eastern Languages interview
- Oxford Experimental Psychology interview
- Oxford Fine Art interview
- Oxford Geography interview
- Oxford History interview
- Oxford History (Ancient and Modern) interview
- Oxford History and Economics interview
- Oxford History and English interview
- Oxford History and Modern Languages interview
- Oxford History and Politics interview
- Oxford History of Art interview
- Oxford Human Sciences interview
- Oxford Law interview
- Oxford Materials Science interview
- Oxford Mathematics interview
- Oxford Mathematics and Computer Science interview
- Oxford Mathematics and Philosophy interview
- Oxford Mathematics and Statistics interview
- Oxford Medicine interview
- Oxford Modern Languages interview
- Oxford Modern Languages and Linguistics interview
- Oxford Music interview
- Oxford PPE interview
- Oxford Philosophy and Modern Languages interview
- Oxford Philosophy and Theology interview
- Oxford Physics interview
- Oxford Physics and Philosophy interview
- Oxford Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics (PPL) interview
- Oxford Religion and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies interview
Questions families ask
When are Oxford interviews in 2026?
For 2027 entry, Oxford interviews shortlisted applicants online in December 2026.
Are Oxford interviews online?
Yes. All Oxford interviews for 2027 entry are held online, in December 2026.
When will I know if I have an Oxford interview?
Oxford emails shortlisted applicants at least a week before their interviews.
When are Oxford decisions?
Shortlisted applicants hear the outcome through UCAS on 12 January 2027.
How do your Oxford mock interviews work?
Each session is one hour with two interviews of 25 to 30 minutes, at the real length and with a strict cut-off, then live feedback and a written feedback sheet in your portal. You meet a different interviewer from your subject each time.
Who are the interviewers?
Oxford and Cambridge graduates matched to your course, many of them at or near the top of their year. Interviewers are confirmed with you before each session.
How much do mock interviews cost?
Our admin team explains the options and prices on a short free call, along with a plan that fits your interview dates.