The interview is designed to find the right students for the course. Many students will have the excellent academics required, but that doesn’t mean that they will fit with what the tutors are looking for. The attributes that you must display are an ability to evaluate evidence, being able to consider issues from different perspectives, an ability to think logically,show an ability to think creatively, that you can appreciate the importance of empirical evidence when supporting an argument, and crucially that you have the ability to cope with the course. From previous students, a typical interview experience would consist of one day, in which you will sit both of your two interviews. The interviews will both be around 45 minutes in duration. Don’t expect both interviews to be the same. From a previous student, as an example, one interview consisted of a 30 minute period in which they had to study a journal article about the development of children’s minds. They were then provided with a sheet of questions to consider, which would be posed in the interview. The interview was with a PhD student and a main tutor. The student was then asked the questions on the sheet, at a high pace. Their second interview was entirely different, consisting of questions on the personal statement and an explanation of some of their readings and projects, along with some general questions on science and probability. The second interview featured three interviewers – two PhD students and one main tutor. You should therefore realise that you will face a range of different tests as part of an Oxford interview, or interviews – be prepared by knowing your personal statement inside out, keeping up to date with recent news in psychology, and practising analysing data and presenting conclusions.