They would ask about your academic and professional background and to present thesis work. Despite the website clearly mentions the applicant will be informed of what kind of presentation to prepare for the interview; that was not the case. The interviewers even started asking questions in the middle of the presentation and complained later the presentation was taking too long. Someone was trying to give access for a virtual board tool to ask a question however some technical issue prevented that.
Phd Candidate Interview Questions
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Talk about a paper published by the project supervisor.
Why do you want to do a PhD at Southwestern?
What problems do you anticipate this project facing and how would you deal with them?
Why do you want to do a PhD and why now?
Mechanism for nitration of benzene, and how substituents would direct the rxn (EAS) via electron donation/withdrawal.
The questions were mainly concerned with the area of research
why phd, why this position and why this university?
They want to understand your research interests and how that relates to your personal statement, e.g., what motivates your interests, etc.
Pourriez vous vous présenter et introduire votre projet de thèse ?
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