phd interview- what will they ask

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hi new here. I have an interview for a phd in molecular biology next friday. What sort of questions do people get asked ? Done all my research on supervisors papers and the proposal. What other things come up
thanks for help

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Search the archives, plenty of helpful info there. Good luck!

M

Some general questions are:

1.Motivation-Why you want to a PhD?
2.Capacity for original thought and to demonstrate the ability to critically engage their own thinking with yours- Given a task X, what approach you follow to work it out?
3. Future plans
4. Do you know how much efford is required ?
5. Part time or Full time and why
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P

My first three questions after chatting about the weather and transport were:
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Why do you want to do a PhD?
What made you decide on this subject?

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