网申结束闲来无事来po一下先前面过的一些PhD面试问题

虽然现在距离大部分ddl还早，但是lz就是很喜欢早早交完网申开始咸鱼Orz。突然想起来上个月联系一个比较新的AP，他直接约了一次unofficial的面试，虽然unofficial，但是却发了一堆问题让我想想再面，就发上来反馈地里好了，也为了自己申请季攒人品2333。HCI方向，不过我觉得对于其他方向也适用。求加米。

PS. 因为是HCI方向，教授有问我要Portfolio，其他方向的同学感觉做个简单的个人网站也会加分不少，当然也可以直接略过，完全没有影响。下面是教授直接邮件发给我的原文。

Materials to send to XXX(教授名字)

1. the best thing you can send me is a website link that contains everything, if you don’t have one, send me the info below: (2) CV and (3) portfolio.
2. send me a CV that includes the following:
   - where you are studying (and what course/degree is that)
   - who shall I ask for letters of recommendation?
   - what are the technical skills you have:
     - programming in which languages? hardware?
3. send me a portfolio (e.g., images or videos, synopsis of the projects you are most proud of — videos are preferred if you have).
4. have you published papers? Send me all your papers (write me a small summary of what you did for each paper, e.g., did you write it entirely or just a section, did you code the framework, etc).

6 Deeper questions for you

1. Why do you want a PhD? Why not an industry Job (e.g., Google) where you get twice the salary of a PhD student?
2. Who have you applied to (which supervisors and which schools)? Why have you applied for a PhD with them and how did that go?
3. Read my work and watch my youtube videos. Now tell me what do you think is the coolest, most innovative, ground-breaking idea you could do with electrical muscle stimulation? Describe it in one paragraph and feel free to attach a sketch so I can understand it better.
4. Look at the field of Human Computer Interaction right now (a quick way to understand it is to skim through the proceedings of the last XXX and XXX, or watch the 30-s video previews of XXX or XXX). Now, what do you think is the vision you have for this field? Where would you like to take it? Where has it not been before?
5. Now on a more pragmatic level, which would be your first topic of interest to brainstorm with me? What would be the first prototype you would like to build? (be concrete, what does that prototype do, what does it look like, how do we implement it?)
6. Who are your heroes:
   - In the field of HCI (if you have some, for inspiration check this page)? (choose at least 1-3)
   - In art world? (choose at least 1-2)
   - In anything else: engineering, science, spiritual guidance, philosophy, etc. (choose 0-2)

这是一个非常forward的教授。。。甚至会直接问我的推荐人我怎么样。。。所以上面有的内容可以忽略。。。一般没有教授会这么做吧2333 认识的PhD学长也告诉我这个老师提的问题太难了。。。我觉得也是。。。不过这些问题都能完美回答地话，面试一般也就不错了吧！

欢迎交流求加米~

如果是我应该会再考虑一下这个人……说得不好听一点，事儿太多了吧。
PhD也是需要引导的，在进你lab之前就能想好自己的topic和要做的prototype，again，说得不好听一点，这么清晰自己要干什么的学生，要你当导师干什么，干嘛不找个不管学生的行业大牛以后还能说自己师出名门，反正这个学生也不用导师带了。
个人意见，楼主还是加油

Tiny_Zhi 发表于 2018-12-8 14:18
如果是我应该会再考虑一下这个人……说得不好听一点，事儿太多了吧。
PhD也是需要引导的，在进你lab之前就 ...

是啊...这些问题给phd都不一定答得好。而我只是本科生Orz 只能说提前给我这些问题和时间对我想清楚phd很有帮助吧

这个老师有点可怕啊。。。问题太尖锐了，对组里学生怎么样了解过吗？

ctromg 发表于 2018-12-8 08:11
这个老师有点可怕啊。。。问题太尖锐了，对组里学生怎么样了解过吗？

确实……我也没有了解过……因为是新AP 估计是非常push的那种了

saltfishzzh 发表于 2018-12-8 08:15
确实……我也没有了解过……因为是新AP 估计是非常push的那种了

哈哈哈我如果遇到这种估计就直接再见了，楼主加油

谢谢楼主！看完了以后也让我自己深深地反思了一下ap类老板以及所有老板感兴趣的问题。
申请季楼楼good luck！

是欧洲人嘛楼主

zhaozhihe2333 发表于 2018-12-8 14:13
是欧洲人嘛楼主

是的呢！你怎么知道的呀2333

saltfishzzh 发表于 2018-12-9 00:58
是的呢！你怎么知道的呀2333

哈哈，我马上要面的也是欧洲人，看了她很多社交平台的观点，感觉她很多关注点和你pou的这些问题很近