How To Get Into Graduate School Series: How to Prepare for Your PhD Interview. Graduate School Interview Tips and Tricks. Examples of the 5 most commonly asked PhD interview questions and answers.

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Hi all! We are Alexus and Michi (an American German International LGBT PhD Couple). In this video, we tell you what to expect in your graduate school interview and teach you how to crush your grad school interviews! Watch to prepare for the 5 most common graduate school interview questions and hear example answers.

TIMESTAMPS:
01:00: Purpose of PhD Admission Interviews
04:07 Common Interview Questions
04:35 Tell me about yourself...
07:36 Why do you want to go to graduate school?
10:14 What are your strengths and weaknesses?
13:09 Why our school/program/lab?
14:53 Prior research experience

List of example questions that can help you while preparing:

1. **Tell me about yourself**
2. **Why did you choose to apply to our school/program?**
3. Why should we accept you? How will you contribute?
4. **How have your previous research experiences prepared you for graduate school?**
5. Why are you interested in this field?
6. **What are your career goals, and how will this program help you achieve them?**
7. **What are your research interests?**
8. Tell me about a time you failed.
9. Describe your greatest accomplishment.
10. Where else are you applying? Name of one or two schools where you’ve applied but mention why this school remains your top choice, why you want to study here. The interviewers would want to be rather certain that if they extend an offer, you’ll accept it. But what makes yours particularly appealing to me is [SPECIFIC EXAMPLE].”
11. What are your hobbies and interests?
12. What have you been reading?
13. **What are your strengths and weaknesses?**
14. How do you work in a team setting?

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