Cambridge HSPS Interview Questions
The best way to prepare for your Cambridge HSPS interview is through mock interviews. As well as giving you general interview experience, they focus your mind on the types of questions asked at a Cambridge HSPS interview, teaching you to think in the manner required for the real thing.
Below, we have collected a series of questions of the type you will be asked in your Cambridge HSPS interview. Use them to learn what's expected of you, plan out answers on your own, or give them to a teacher, friend, or family member, and ask them to conduct a mock interview with you.
Note: If you are doing mock interviews with us, we recommend waiting until afterwards to look through these questions, so that you aren't asked questions you have already prepared for (as you won't have that opportunity for the real thing!). If you haven't booked any mock interviews yet, you can do so here.
HSPS Interview Questions
What is freedom?
Should prisoners get a vote? What is the strongest argument for and against? What other groups of people are excluded from getting a vote and why is that?
How do you measure the success of a political voting system?
Should a political party define ideology, or should ideology define the party?
Are there always winners and losers in politics?
In a democracy, can the majority impose its will on the minority?
How would you bring a population out of poverty?
How would you eradicate gender inequalities in society?
What makes us human?
How important is social interaction in language acquisition?
What are your views on nature vs. nurture?
How would you explain human culture to an alien visiting earth?
Do you believe there is a tradeoff between privacy and security?
Should we limit the amount of time an elected leader can serve in office?
What, do you believe, is the greatest threat to free speech in Britain today?
Do you think the voting age should be lowered to 16? Why do you think we see lower numbers of young people voting compared to older generations?
Should religion have a role in the state?
How would you define freedom?
What makes someone a human?
Why should we have politicians running the country, rather than the CEO of Apple?
Do you think that social interaction is important to language acquisition?
Do you think it is good for a museum to be free?
Should obese people have free NHS treatment?
Does the welfare state trap people into poverty?
What can studying indigenous cultures teach us about modern society?
Is there essentially any difference between taxation and the state taking away one of your arms?
Why is there not a global government?
How do you measure the success of a political voting system?
And that's all of them! Hopefully, you now have a sense of the types of questions you may be asked. To be even better prepared, try answering these and other questions with our tutors - you can book your mock interviews here.
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