Mr. Helen Swift From The University Of Oxford - 804 Words

Interviews at Oxford are somehow misrepresented as something to be afraid about, full of big mathematical problems and trick questions, however, the only thing students need to worry about is to make sure to bring their personality to the interview. Dr. Helen Swift from the University of Oxford offered some advice: We are genuinely interested in people s honest views about what they have read. The questions are going to be challenging... but we are not expecting people to get everything right. In the first part we addressed issues regarding who will be conducting the interview, how to prepare before you attend and how to impress the tutors of Oxford. In the second part we are offering advice on what to expect from the interview, and how to deal with pre-interview nerves. What if I don t know the answer? Ask the interviewer to repeat the question if you feel that you may have misheard what was asked, or ask them to elaborate. You could even repeat the question in your own words to verify that you understand correctly. Additionally, the questions won t have a simple answer, and some may be quite broad. If this is the case then feel comfortable to break them down and work your way through them to tackle each part of the question. If you feel that you might not know the answer to a question you can explore it as part of a question. Here are some sample interview questions from previous interviews. How to deal with nerves Every candidate will get nervous to a degree,Show MoreRelatedEssay on may 4th movement2171 Words   |  9 PagesBeijing intellectuals met in Tiananmen Square to protest the results of the Paris Peace Treaty. The protesters disagreed with the Beijing governments decision to accept the lot given China in the post-war world. Over the next month students and workers from across China marched, held strikes, and boycott Japanese and western products, eventually causing the Chinese government to capitulate to their demands and make a stand on the world stage. This was the first mass protest in 20th century Chinese historyRead MoreChildrens Literature13219 Words   |  53 Pagestime. As a term, â€Å"children’s literature† does not easily fit into any cultural or academic category; rather, it is a diverse and paradoxical area of study. Its richness is reflected in the vast amount of theories that permeate and surround the term. From feminist studies to new historicism, liter ary theory places the child/text/context relationship on varying ideological and political axes. The reconceptualization of its history and the postmodern growth of radical alternative literary â€Å"histories†Read MoreThe taste of melon by borden deal11847 Words   |  48 Pageswalked that way last year. He said she’d walked like any other human being. So then I said, put on or not, I liked the way she walked, and then there was a large silence. It wasn’t a comfortable silence, because of Mr. Wills, Willadean’s father. We were all afraid of Mr. Wills. Mr. Wills was a big man. He had bright, fierce eyes under heavy brows and, when he looked down at you, you just withered. The idea of having him directly and immediately angry at one of us was enough to shrivel the soulRead MoreIgbo Dictionary129408 Words   |  518 Pagescolloquial conjunction demonstrative English enclitic especially extensional suffix Hausa inflectional suffix interjection interrogative literally noun numeral proper name preposition pronoun possessive pronoun quantifier usually verb Yoruba derived from Igbo Dictionary: KayWilliamson. Draft of Edition II Editor’s Preface The present Igbo dictionary is a much revised and expanded version of the Igbo dictionary published by Kay Williamson, Ethiope Press, Benin City in 1972. Professor WilliamsonRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagesbuilt-in pretests and posttests, focus on what you need to learn and to review in order to succeed. Visit www.mymanagementlab.com to learn more. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS EIGHTH EDITION David A. Whetten BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Kim S. Cameron UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore