<p>I had a mock interview for English at Oxford, and they asked me whether I’d rather be a poem or a novel. It’s not rocket science and there’s never a right answer, you just give your opinion and back it up with reasoning (I’d rather be a novel; you couldn’t condense my personality into <12 lines. I’m too ~deep).</p>
<p>Northstarmom, they want to see how you think, and it’s a chance to show individuality in your reasoning skills. When every candidate has 4As at AS Level (which is pretty much the only requirement at Oxbridge, ECs are almost a bad thing) there’s no other way to find out who is intelligently superior other than to question you to within an inch of your life. If you don’t break or cave to their pressure, you get in. It’s simple.</p>