经验贴：

https://www.1point3acres.com/bbs/thread-225100-1-1.html

https://www.1point3acres.com/bbs/thread-460249-1-1.html

https://www.1point3acres.com/bbs/thread-590002-1-1.html

https://www.douban.com/group/topic/261198395/?_i=46105465928dfb8&dt_dapp=1

General Questions

• Introduction, Tell me a bit about yourself
• What motivated you into xx field
• Your research interest
• What are your strengths and weaknesses
• Any teching experience?
• Plan after graduation/career goal
• why this program
• why this professor
• Ask back

Research Experiences

• software skills
• most challenging part of research (e.g., coding, writing)
• favoriate part of research
• writing skills: who wrote the outline / paper
• details about research
• what did you contribute to xx project
• how did you start working with xx
• meaning of research
• future research line

Questions from Students

• what do you do for fun, work-life balance
• 还申请了哪里，申请了哪位教授

Ask Back - Examples

ask professors

• Could you tell me about your current projects and your research directions in the next few years?
• How many PhD students your program would admit this year?
• Could you tell me about your advising style? For example, is there a group meeting every week? Hands-on or Hands-off
• Placements of this program

ask students

• How did you start your first research project
• Given the stipend, will I be able to live by myself
• Specific courses
• Qualifying exam (有没有，什么形式，需要准备多久，通过率）
• Do you need a car to go around
• Placements of this program
• Advising style