这是刚出炉热腾腾的心得文，我刚结束了长达二十分钟的 Phone Interview。 先特别感谢版上前几篇的心得文分享，让我准备起来把握十足 XD 我申请的是 Michigan State University, Statistics Ph.D. 跟我面试的教授是一个韩国籍的教授。 刚好今晚上演中韩职棒大战，我家也上演中韩电话大战... 一开始我以为他会要我自我介绍，结果他自己先自我介绍了 (这哪招... = =) 只问了我的名子是不是 XXX，我只能回 Yes, I'am! Nice to meet you Prof. xxx 第一个问题：Why are you interesting in our program? and how do you know our program? 第二个问题：What coursework you had done? 包含大学和研究所修过什麽课 第三个问题：What Statistics/Probability field you are interested in? 另外想要念的比较应用的还是比较理论的？ 第四个问题：毕业之後想要做什麽类型的工作？走学术 or 去业界？ 第五个问题：你还有申请哪些学校？ 最後就是让我发问的时间。 大致上流程是这样，中间还闲聊了一下 MSU 的 TA，RA 还有 grader 要怎麽申请。 一进 MSU 要先考英文，成绩高的话可以当 TA (好像要前 75% 吧？没听得很清楚) 成绩不好的话只能当 grader (打分数的？希望我没听错) 如果太低的话还会要求你上英文课或被踢出 program... Followship & Scholarship 要进去以後才可以申请，所以我猜应该是要先付学费的？ 另外是，第五个问题几乎每间学校都会问，因为他们不想要浪费时间在已经收到 其他学校 offer 的学生身上。所以这部分你只要诚实回答就可以了。 他们会想要电话面试一方面是看英文的口语能力， 另外一方面是要确认你是不是真的想去他们的 program 念。 最後我想说的是，不要担心你的英文太烂，要 interview 好紧张之类的。 跟我 interview 的韩国教授我觉得他的发音比我还烂... 光是要听懂他的口音我就觉得有点吃力。 另外附上我整理好教授可能会问的问题集， 这是我参考版上的有被问过的问题按照顺序整理出来的， 希望能帮助到以後也要面试的人。 Question List: *Common Questions 1. Please introduce yourself and your educational background. 2. How much you are interested in our program? Why are you interested in our program? How do you know our program? 3. What (your major) field you are interested in? 4. What coursework you had done? 5. Which teacher you are interested in? Have you done any research related to his/her research? *Career: 1. Why do you choose US to study? 2. What job will you do after graduation? Your further plan? Your short-term goal & long-term goal? *Application: 1. Which other programs have you applied? What are other schools that you have applied to? 2. What other places are you considering for your graduate education What have you already heard from them? *Research & SOP: 1. Please describe your research experiences in detail. State your research experience. 2. Have you thought about your research topics? *Background: 1. What is about your extracurricular and leadership experience? 2. What do you perceive to be your main strength? Your main weakness? Most difficult in your life? 3. What properties make you distinguished from other candidates? 4. Why do you change your major from A to B? (apply for different program) *Work experience: 1. State you past working experience: 2. State your teamwork experience: *Course: 1. Which course intrigues you? Which part? 2. Which courses have you focused on? 3. What course did you take in your last year of college? *Scholarship: 1. What is your financial support? 2. Will you study here without scholarship? *Other: 1. How do you learn English? 2. Introduce Taiwan 我的建议是把上面的题目全部先练习过，这样被问的时候你会很有心理准备， 也比较容易听得懂对方再讲什麽。 假设真的口条不顺的话就把它全部写下来贴在墙上， 被问到的时候直接找答案开始念就好了 XD 另外再附上一些你可以提问的问题。 1. How many years have your Ph.D. students completed their studies in average? 2. Do I have the chance to be a T.A. or a R.A. there? 3. What other background do I need to prepare before entering graduate school? 最後祝大家申请顺利！ --

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