<p>Also if you look carefully at the link in the OP you will find that those questions aren’t thrown out randomly. A candidate for chemistry isn’t asked about being a novel or a poem and a geography candidate isn’t asked about poisons. All of the questions seem to me to be relevant to the the particular field of study where they were asked. The interview is testing how you can think around concepts that are part of that subject, not an oral multiple choice, or a cosy alumnus chat.</p>