How to prepare for your PhD interview

I'm Maria, FindAPhD's student ambassador and i'm in my first year at King's College London. PhD interviews can seem scary, so here's some advice to help you prepare for yours from not only myself, but also one of my PhD colleagues and my current PhD supervisor! Sign up to our Newsletter: www.findaphd.c... for more PhD advice and to be the first to find out about our scholarships competition.
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[@demi850210]

Highlight point: The interview is not a test but a conversation. Keep the conversation, and don't be afraid to make a mistake.
Thanks, Maria :D I have an interview this afternoon. Hope it goes well. Thank you very much, and this video is really helpful for me.

[@edehobinna]

I have two interviews next week. One at Max plank institute and one at Julich research institute. Both are in Germany and are leading research institutes in Europe and beyond. I find this video very helpful. Thank you very much. 🙏

[@victoroyiogu850]

Odogwu...after you na you o

[@bushrashah2201]

Mine is also next week.discuss your interview with me.

[@victoroyiogu850]

Update...I passed my interview which was for a master's in Canada. The supervisor was chill and made me feel less tense

[@davidjosetroyaleon2278]

I hope you did well

[@edehobinna]

@@davidjosetroyaleon2278 Thank you for asking. I have started my PhD at Julich research institute, so it went well.

[@muhammadmunawar2198]

Thank you. It is really an effecitve vidieo on preparation for PhD interviews. Finally the followins are main points which needs to be remembered:
Be confident.
Show your previous work.
Relate your work with your upcoming research project.
Show respect for interviewers.
Know your interviewers.
Read your statement of motivation before interivew.
Be honest.

[@shivamrai7108]

This was extremely useful...tomorrow is my interview and now I am calm. Thank you.

[@cuki.kalandjai]

So: calmness and the true appearance of how committed the person is to his research field and topic are key. You have to be calm, but enthusiastic about the subject! Did I understand correctly?

[@ananyaverma6858]

Just what I was looking for. I really can't describe how useful this video is.
I have an interview next week at Max Planck institute. Hope it goes well.

[@hriturajdey5170]

I have an interview at the Max Planck institute next week. Could be able to provide some tips?

[@ananyaverma6858]

@@hriturajdey5170
1. Be clear with your research goals.
2. Keep in mind who you wish to work with and know their research well.

[@radio_relax3373]

You can never imagine how your advices helped me stay calm, Sincerely thank you

[@neoepicurean3772]

I had my interview today. Went terribly! All these RUclips videos set me up for softball questions, like 'tell us a little about yourself' and 'what are your strengths and weaknesses?' I got technical questions that I was unprepared for.

[@rimhayat5946]

Gosh, I have an interview tomorrow, hopefully it goes well.

[@neoepicurean3772]

@@rimhayat5946 I got the rejection after. It did not come as a shock.

[@MrDeguoGuizi]

Can you perhaps elaborate on that? What field? And some examples of the questions that they asked? Thanks a lot!

[@neoepicurean3772]

@@MrDeguoGuizi I was in applied ethics, specially on a project about the ethics of automated vehicles. The questions where only about my technical proposal, and then things like 'what have you read or seen in the news lately about this subject that you have found interesting' and they wanted specific current examples. Also they asked, 'what do you think will be the biggest challenge in joining this research team?'. It was a paid position so perhaps they were a little more demanding.

[@DramaticallyCute]

Yes they hardly ask questions like tell me about urself and stuff like that. It is always the ideas about the project and the techniques

[@noknackman]

Thanks, I'm really nervous for my interview today. Watching your video made me relax a bit.

[@user-nr1uo9rg7q]

Thank you! I will have my first interview one and a half week later. This video is super helpful for me!

[@stoneadventure2018]

I will have many postdoctoral interviews this year.

[@thomsontg1730]

Amazing content, it helped me out quiet a bit for my interview

[@joshuabassa7413]

I have an interview this evening. I pray it goes well

[@informationgrill2004]

Thank you so much. You clearly elobrate all the things. Keep it up.

[@bonnnyumba708]

This video is really so good for those preparing interviews

[@sportscience5070]

This video was really helpful thank you so much

[@zawilwilliam-thephddiaries4966]

Thank you so much for this amazing vid. I have an interview coming next week, and this vid has helped me a lot so far. do you think it's okay if I bring my research proposal and also look at it during my interview?

[@davidjosetroyaleon2278]

I hope you did well!!

[@samarelsayed2124]

That was so much helpful, thank you

[@jasminepaul7490]

Thank you 💖 it's really inspirational.

[@maryamfallah1624]

Thanks a lot... This video learned me a lot of things.

[@tranthuytrang2820]

Amazing video, I love it, thank you so much

[@ataurrehman1157]

Thanx a lot, you have done a great job

[@lavioletta96]

Thank you for this video ! ❤

[@joyjoy5326]

I love this girl....thank you

[@mayanksangam9205]

Thank you

[@iskander888]

Awesome, any examples of phd in Turkey?

[@ellaren7039]

Thank you for your video!

[@debasisrath6466]

Thanks a lot... Very Helpful.

[@yasirfoundation2019]

Its very good and beneficial for new comers. I also appeared before some time and the interviewer asked me about my future plan after completion of my PhD. What do you say about this, please?

[@eskandarqaed1450]

Thanks .i really appricate

[@lisali6178]

Thanks for your sharing

[@zigzaglychee7324]

I've now been offered a project I was excited for and now I'm having doubts. I've asked for a bit more time to decide, but I'm worried. Am I just nervous, or does feeling this way mean it's not what I really want?

[@mostafaataee5178]

Thanks a bunch

[@davidjosetroyaleon2278]

It's amazing!!

[@iamclaudelouis]

Thanks

[@amitsarkar8957]

Good one, 🙏

[@jingpang1217]

谢谢

[@Asiko84]

I've interview on Friday on Curriculum and instruction. Any tips?

[@marziyebahari9728]

How was your interview

[@SHINZO-X]

With that mannerism, which interviewer has the guts to fail him/her/it

[@khurrammahmood2592]

Good

[@ronron2312]

The applicant review process used by your program is a bit weird. In our program students are admitted to the program. All students are guaranteed five years of support. Each admitted student is required to rotate between a minimum of two labs and then it is the student that selects a faculty mentor. Since the students are not supported why faculty grants they are free to develop their own projects. If my future advisor had asked me to read a paper in his area in 15 minutes and then respond to questions I would have failed. When I applied I was interested in animal behavior. However, I was fascinated by the work in a Drosophila genetics lab.

[@abdulahiisackadan]

I am P H D candidate please can you help me get off in P H D scholarship free anywhere

[@saranyasaranya7442]

Any tamil student?

[@toobenslamat3968]

Your FB

[@tormentadestellar8918]

You are very Young

[@SHINZO-X]

What an odd thing to say - did it tickle your paedo bone

[@okpolihenry983]

U talked a lot in your interview 😂😂😂😂

[@brettblyth1857]

ADVICE for Marco, don't overuse 'like' as a pause filler, it sounds, like, very basic, like, English

[@SHINZO-X]

Admit it - his affected twang got to you - I admit it did me, leastways

[@danielchidozie1546]

Thank you