2. Your research interests
很多时候我说一个大概的research idea, interviewer就点头了(e.g.: I want to examine the impact of A on B)。
但也有很多faculty会对你进行刨根问底,如:
Why do you interest in the relationship between A and B
How do you think A impacts B? What is the mechanism underlying it? Give some examples. Χ
If you have the perfect dataset to test the idea, what will be the variables in the dataset and how will you use them?
What is the current literature and gap in this field you are interested in?
所以朋友们准备的时候记得想清楚一点呀