I share my experience of securing a fully funded PhD in Biology in the UK.
2:32 Deciding you want to do a PhD
5:35 Contacting academics
7:15 Findaphd.com explained
9:40 DTP programs explained
12:10 Interview process
17:42 Directly funded PhD projects
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Questions I got asked at interview
As I say in the video, at the start of the interview, you will often be asked to give a 5 minute presentation on research which you have previously conducted. After this, you will be given more specific questions on your presentation. The questions listed here are more general which they are likely to ask you too:
1. Why do you want to do a PhD?
2. Tell us about a time went something went wrong in your research and how you overcame it?
3. What would you like to get out of a PhD?
4. Why this specific DTP?
5. What would you like to do after your PhD?
6. What attracted you to this specific PhD project?
7. What will the wider impact of your PhD be/why should anyone fund this project?
8. What are the 3 most important qualities a PhD student should have?
9. What is meant by "high impact"?
10. What are the most important aspects of your project?
11. What makes you the right fit to this particular project?
12. Tell us about an interesting paper you have read recently and why?
13. What is it about research that excites you the most?
14. How would you go about explaining your project to someone on the street?
15. What do you think is the value of DTPs?
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22 сен 2019
