Just wondering, as there seem to be regulars here that are working on their PhD like me. Where did you find your PhD? I found mine by contacting a prof., working with him for a bit and then applied for a grant with him...and not by randomly asking people to find me a studentship... Maybe writing how we find our PhD might be of help to others...

That is very good idea Matt. I found mine on jobs.ac.uk. However, I looked on this website as well. I emailed the supervisors saying that I was interested, gave them a bit of background, and went from there. Some invited me for interviews, some didn't. I got offered one after my second interview, however I attended another interview after that before I recieved the offer. I accepted a week later and here I am...

I decided on what area I wanted to do, then approached the admissions tutor at the uni I was at for advice (she was one of my referees anyway). She suggested places to go that were working in that field and I applied to these and went through the interview process. I got two offers on the same day and chose Nottingham because the project was slightly more interesting.

I found mine on findaphd.com. Technically I was turned down for that position after panel interviews. However, in the course of that interview I explained my research interests and was told by one interviewer that he was expecting news from a funding body in the near future on just such a topic. When positive news came, he suggested I apply separately for that one and I did. We had already met so it was just a quick telephone interview with him and the second supervisor and I was offered it the next day.

But i like to know what they ask in the interview as I am now a days applying for PhD to all over EU :-D but still waiting for some calls even for the interviews.

I actually found mine on here, but it helped that I had a friend who I did my MSc with three years previously who was completing his PhD with the supervisor.

My supervisor from my MSc asked me if I wanted to do one, so in a way, it found me! I bet she regrets asking me now :D