I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, East of England, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
15 minute Skype interview, where I had to explain my current masters project in 5 minutes using a presentation, with 10 minutes for questions on the technical aspects of the project
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you calculate how many detector molecules are under the laser beam?
I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, East of England, England)
Interview
Very easy, just a casual chat with the prof.
Asked me about my experience and what I want to do.
Asked what papers from the lab I had read.
Asked about funding I'd applied for.
30 minutes interview with standard questions such as motivation and your future plan. Good to read few academic papers that are relevant and not relevant to your field. Be prepared to talk about it.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, East of England, England)
Interview
2 online interview
Both technical
I interviewed with two different teams one for a phd in engineering department one for physics department
The engineering department interview was much easier though i got my offer from the natural sciences group
