很多学生在美国留学申请过程中,会遇到对方院校发来的电话面试通知,很多申请美国留学的学生在接到通知后会非常紧张,不指导该如何来准备。
其实,电话面试主要是对方想更深入的了解申请人才进行的,说明学校已经对申请人感兴趣了,主要是想通过电话面试进一步了解申请人,了解其提供的申请材料的真假,进而确定申请人是否是学校需要的人才。下面是电话面试的一些典型的题目及准备技巧,希望对学生有所帮助。
典型面试题目
1.What are your plan in 5 to 10 years?
2.What is your TOEFL score?
3.Do you apply any other school?
4.Is your research project very difficult?
5.If you are given an offer, can you come here this July?
6.What's you graduate research work?
7.Why pursue Ph.D.?
8.Please introduce yourself.
9.Where are you from?
10.What's your major?
11.Please tell me your working experience.
12.What will you plan to do in the future?
13.What's your hobby? What do you do in your spare time?
14.If we give you this offer, will you accept it?
15.Why are you interested in *** University?
16.Why are you going to USA not staying your homeland to study?
17.Say something about your work, etc.
18.Who is the great person in the world in your eyes?
19.Do you have some question on me or on my institute?
20.Do you have any special or excellent idea during your research experience?
21.Did you use any English textbook in classes?
22.Will you like to study in a small but with high quality university or a big university like Harvard or Princeton?
23.Do you apply for other university or contact with other faculties in the university?
24.How about your ability to be a teaching assistant?
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电话面试技巧
在电话面试之前,学校会事先用e-mail和你确定时间,你应该准备充分,但不要忘了中美之间的时差,准确计算好时间,即使教授迟到也要耐心等待。面试中的主要问题大多有关研究兴趣(research interest),研究背景(research background),教学经验(teaching experience),所学课程的名称(the names of your courses),个人兴趣 (individual interests)等等。
How to prepare telephone interview?
把教授可能提的问题列出来,并写出答案,反复练习。可以找个老外请教,他可能会给你出谋划策,也帮你练练口语。多准备一些专业问题。一般申请RA,肯定会问一些专业问题,如要求的一些基础理论和基本技术,以及具体的技术。另外需准备一些向教授的提问,例如该学校的气候(climate),生活环境(living environment),学费(tuition)和奖学金的数量(the amount of scholarship)等等。总之准备一定要充分。
How to conduct an interview?
在面试之前,一定要放松,充满自信但要礼貌,记住,是他们想要你。并且一般interview之前offer差不多都决定了。如果在面试中你有一些问题不懂,可以用忘了词汇来解释。如: Question: What method you learn on optimization? Answer: NEWTON,and some others I do not know how to pronounce.
在面试过程中不要机械地背诵你所准备的材料,只放在手边作为参考。说英语时尽量慢,你是中国学生,只要说清楚就行了,快了反而会弄巧成拙。当然如果你的英语极好就另当别论了。假如面试开始时你听不懂或听不清教授的问题,你可以问: Please speak loudly because my phoneline is not clear. 教授就会说得更大声、更慢。准备一些欢迎和感谢的客套话,但尽量显得不卑不亢。例如: I do appreciate that you give me such a good chance to talk to you. Thank you for your calling!
当面试感觉不错时,千万不要忘记提醒他关于奖学金的事。例如: I do want to be your student. But you know, I cannot go without full financial aid. (要坚决表达出:如果你不给我全奖,我是不会去的。相反,如果你给我全奖,我会拒掉其他学校。)
一般最后还会问一个问题,就是你现在拿到哪些学校的offer了。你的回答应该是说两三个比这个学校排名差一点点的学校(不要差太远),同时也要暗示对方有名校对你感兴趣(比如说也安排了一个几天后的interview)。这样,他会很快做出决定。
(编辑:ada)