Oxbridge Psychology Interview Questions
The most effective way to prepare for an Oxbridge Psychology interview is through mock interviews. As well as giving you general interview experience, they focus your mind on the types of questions asked at an Oxford or Cambridge Psychology interview, teaching you to think in the manner required for the real thing.
Below, we have collected a list of questions of the type you will be asked in your Oxbridge Psychology interview. Use them to gain an awareness of what's expected, 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.
Psychology Interview Questions
What is normal for humans?
Can a thermostat think?
Is a snail conscious?
How many monkeys would you use for an experiment?
How useful are twin studies?
Should interviews be used for selection?
What is a crime?
What is love?
Why do human beings have two eyes?
An experiment appears to suggest Welsh speakers are worse at remembering phone numbers than English speakers. Why?
How would you conceptualise an emotion?
How could you design an experiment to see if babies can recognise faces/if faces are special compared to other shapes/objects?
How do you measure emotions?
What use is psychological study for society?
How can genetics be used in determining an individual's intelligence?
How would you design a better brain?
At what point is a person ‘dead’?
How would you describe a human to a person from Mars?
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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