Emailed CV and cover letter, then telephone interview, then face to face interview, then online application, then industry sponsoring partner application review, then department application review, then college application review and finally degree committee application review followed by an offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic competency and field related technical questions
30 min interview with 3 committee members Asked me general questions about my Scientific Back ground. Also my masters experience and technics i can use. Nothing too difficult came out during the interview process.
I applied online. I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, East of England, England) in Feb 2023
Interview
I applied for a PhD in DAMTP through the online application form. About a month or two later, I received an email from my current supervisor asking whether I was available for an online interview the next morning. The interview took about 45-60 minutes, and was relatively informal. Questions were asked on my background, courses, knowledge, research experience ... All fair and relevant questions, and a second assessor was present for the interview process.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, East of England, England)
Interview
I had a 30 minutes interview with my current supervisor. The interview was very informal, they asked some questions about myself and then they asked me to talk about a specific project. I had to prepare a 20 minutes presentation