Economics Oxford & Cambridge University Interview Questions

Past admissions interview questions for Economics

• What is the point of using NHS money to keep old people alive? (Oxbridge Applications)

• What would you say if Gordon Brown were to take a report which shows that people who go to university earn more than those who do not, and then proclaim that going to university causes you to earn more? (Oxbridge Applications)

• Should governments subsidise agriculture? (Oxbridge Applications)

• What are the consequences of changing interest rates? (Oxbridge Applications)

• What is the point of privatisation? (Oxbridge Applications)

• How would you make a hypothetical sandwich stall more profitable? (Oxbridge Applications)

• What is a monopoly? What are the advantages and disadvantages? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)

• If the government passed a law requiring people to wear seatbelts, why might this result in more road accident casualties? (Cambridge Interview, The Student Room)

• When I was walking around the college in the morning, what questions did I think or want them to ask me (Cambridge interview,

• The Student Room)

• define 'greed' (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)

• distance from London to new York, work out (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)

• tell me why playing your sport will make you a better economist (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)

• why do Ryan air try and sell tickets for Dublin day passes on flights into London stansted? (Cambridge, Oxbridge Applications)

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