面试问题及技巧总结

　　开始：

　　P: Hello, Is this M speaking?

　　/or/ this is XXX speaking.May I speak to....?

　　M: Yes, It is me. You must be Prof. XXX, How are you?

　　P: How are you?

　　M: Fine, I am waiting for your calling.

　　/or/ yeah, it's me and I am waiting for your phone interview.

　　听不清/懂时办法：

　　1. M: Sorry, your voice is not very clear.

　　2. I am sorry but the phoneline is not very clear.

　　3. "Would you please speak a little more loudly?"

　　4. I'm a little excited and nervous.

　　5. please speak slowly and I cannot catch you。

　　6. Sorry, i can not hear you very clearly; would you please speak a littel more loudly?

　　7. Yeah, I know it, but I don't know how to express it in English.

　　最后问候：

　　1. Thank you very much for your calling.

　　2. Nice talking to you.

　　3. I do appreciate you give me such a good chance to talk to you.

　　随后附上一封email确认一些不能肯定的东东.

　　提问内容：

　　Research work

　　1. I've read your PS, so I want to learn something about your research experience.Would you please say something about that?

　　Tell me something about your teaching experience.

　　2. 你做的课题的具体内容，结论，得到的评价，自己感觉有何不足。

　　3. They are interested in what you have done and also your opinions.

　　Moreover, they are interested in important projects like sponsored by the National (Social) Science Foundation, etc.

　　They are interested in what you have done and also your opinions。

　　4. Do you have any special or excellent idea during your research experience?

　　5. You published a paper in Engilish, is it written by yourself

　　Or done by collaborating with your colleague.

　　6. 你做的课题的具体内容，结论，得到的评价，自己感觉有何不足。

　　7. Do you have any special or excellent idea during your research experience?

　　8. Do you have a paper as the first author?

　　个人能力

　　1. What programming language do you know?

　　2. Have you taken TSE?

　　3. icc:How do u learn English?

　　me: We chinese students mainly learn English through formal class and have little chance in communicating with foreigns.But I think We chinese students would grasp it fluently if given enough chances

　　4. How about your abblity to be a teaching assistant? (I told him it's no Problem if use Chinese, but I need some practice in English.)

　　5. What is your Toefl score?

　　随便问问

　　P: Is this your office?

　　M: It is my laboratory.

　　1. Where are you from?

　　2. How about the weather here today?

　　How about the weather here or in some place today?

　　3. Please introduce yourself.

　　4. What do you do in your spare time? What's your hobby?

　　5. Who is the great person in the world in your eyes?

　　申请目的/计划：

　　1. icc: why are you interested in TWU?

　　me: Library School rank of USNEWS

　　2. Why are you going to USA not staying your homeland to study?

　　3. What are you going to do here?

　　What's your plan in this univ.?

　　4. Why pursue PhD?

　　5. What do you plan to do in the future?

　　6. What is your plan in 5 to 10 years?

　　7. Why are you going to USA not staying your homeland to study?

　　有关application/offer:

　　1. Who are your recommedors?

　　2. 问你有无教书、主持会议的经验

　　3. 你有无同学在此校就读。

　　4. 你为何选择此校，有无选择别的学校?你对本校和其他学校的看法。

　　5. If we give you this offer, will you accept it?

　　if I give you offer, will you come in July/june?

　　6. Will you like to study in a small but with high quality university or a big university like Harvard or Princeton?

　　7. Prof: Have you applied for other universities?

　　me: Yeah, I have applied to about 10 universities, including ...

　　Do you apply any other school?

　　Do you apply for other university or contact with other faculties in the xx university?

　　Why do you apply for university of XXX?

　　Is there some special faculty you are interested in?

　　7. 问你感兴趣的faculty和research group.

　　8. 你来我们学校想选什么课?

　　9. 你觉得有什么课程对你将来作项目有用?

　　10. We are conisidering to give you scholarship and the decision will be made next week.

　　工作经历：

　　1. Please tell me your working experience.

　　以前/目前学习状况：

　　1. Did you use any English textbook in classes?

　　2. icc:What are you currently doing?

　　me: I am a graduate student of Peking University

　　3. icc: What is your graduate program?

　　special interests of field?

　　4. What is your major, why are you chosen this major?

　　5. What is your special interest of field?

　　6. What kind of courses have you taken? (better prepare some words to explain your major courses)

　　主动提问：

　　Do you have any questions concerning your graduate study?

　　I asked him following questions:

　　1. Climate What's the climate like in xx?

　　2. Living expense, Tution and fee, the amount of TA, Research Project, Plan

　　3. How about the stipend of assistantship? Will it be sufficient to cover living expense and tuition?

　　4. That's all I want to know.

　　其他准备事项：

　　1. 成绩单/课程名称

　　2. PS

　　3. Resume

　　4. Recommendation letter

　　5. Interest, the name of the courses