This video was very insightful! Thank you and please make more. The interviewee did a great job. It was actually so interesting listening to your questions and her thought process. The interviews I've seen so far just ask simple generic questions but this was different.
I'm a student nurse and I know my knowledge isn't as wide as theirs in the medical field but I'm just happy I could answer all of her academic questions 😭😁
I had a lot I wanted to say if I was in her place as I was watching the video and dreaming about the unrealizable dream of me getting a chance to study medcine in Oxford :') ; especially about the blind man part, it came to my mind that when for example we try to explain things like forms and colores ,which are identified only by sight, we can rely on other sens like for example colers we can replace them with flavors and forms by some simplified touchable things -,- Well, something like that, because I think we can creat an image of our reality based on other sens, even we (people who can see ) sometimes we relate some memories to things other than image, and we create a reality based on things other than only what we see, I'm curious on how people who've never seen the light of this world feel it, human brain is fascinating, I'll probably do a neurological speciality if I ever survive medecal school :')
Thank you! Such a useful video. On the question where you asked if you'd enjoy going to the London Eye, would it have made sense if I said not particularly, as you did describe yourself as being blind in this scenario, and therefore potentially have heightened senses. Perhaps the atmosphere surrounding the London Eye e.g being in the city centre, crowded etc. would be not be a suitable place as it is busy all year round and so on.
It's really a question about empathy and communication - can you imagine what it might be like to be unable to see, and what might this particular person enjoy? There are many reasons why a blind person might enjoy the London Eye - maybe they would like to take their children there as a treat, maybe they have a professional interest in the tourist industry. But maybe, as you point out, they would feel overwhelmed. To find out, you'll just have to ask them!
Are we supposed to know the staff of how you want an injection to be made and what to contain? I mean not that I have done this in school but that can be a bit worrying. At least now I know :)
Thanks, Ariadna. It's not really about what the candidate knows; more a matter of how they deal with new information. By the time a student gets to interview, we think their factual knowledge has already been thoroughly tested. The questions asked here are relevant to selection criteria including communication skills, intellectual curiosity, empathy and compatibility with small-group tutorial teaching, rather than factual knowledge.
funny enough, the easiest part of the interview describing the london eye was her weakest part i thought. She didn't confirm with the blind person if they understood her terminology like circle, white etc etc .
@@CNorbury to assume that they did is worse than being frightened of being patronising. I doubt if a blind person would be insulted if seeking clarfication. Thanks for your response though.
Are interviews based on simplified concepts like this one or are they much harder in reality? Also is taking an interview online a potential disadvantage for international students?
This interview used questions that had previously been used in real admissions interviews, so is representative of the level of difficulty real candidates might encounter (though the questions themselves would be different). The interview experience for international candidates in December 2020 was no different from that of UK applicants.
It's intended to give prospective applicants a realistic insight into what a real interview might be like. As it happens, the volunteer 'candidate' is a current student here, so was clearly successful in their real interviews, but they had no advance warning of the questions.
why can i answer these questions and i haven't done science since gcse... definitely not claiming i could hack medicine at oxford, just feeling like this gives students a false sense of security going into these interviews
Why would a blind person enjoy the London Eye?!?! The entire spectacle is a visual experience. It would literally feel like being in a dark elevator lol smh
It's a reasonable question to ask. In this role-playing scenario, we'd be looking for some indication that the candidate could imagine what it's like to be unable to see. Perhaps the person would enjoy having the view described to them; perhaps they have children who would enjoy the trip, so would enjoy it too?
