我的面试经历－－死去活来

今天早上完成了第二个电话面试。心情至今不能平静。我将这两次面试比较一下，把一些小经验拿出来分享。同时还有一些问题向大家请教。

第一次是Florida的中国教授。时间12月2号凌晨1点在寝室。整个面试持续了1个多小时，除了寒暄的话之外，其他的全都是学术方面的。把我的整个货水全都弄了去。把我问的筋疲力尽，而且后来还有一些冷，直打哆嗦。还好，最后他告诉我，希望我去他那里，让我等学校的消息。可是至今还没有消息那。

第二次是purdue的美国教授。时间1月10号上午8点在实验室。教授按时打电话过来，由于上次的经验，我早已经把准备了很久的研究经历烂熟于胸，BBS上面的客套话也准备了好几条，还是很自信的。结果却出乎意料。

教授（LMM）：Is that the Chinese guy?

ME: （我愣）Yeah, this is **.

LMM: Ok. What shall I call you?

ME: My chinese name is **.

LMM: So I will call you **. Nice to talk to you. You know that I have a chinese student ** here and I will let him to talk to you now. (声音转换，一个boy)

Hi

, **. Nice to talk to you.

ME: (感觉教授特别nice，让我放松一样，找了一个中国学生和我聊聊)Nice to talk to you too. I saw you on the website.

LMM:(又换成了教授) Okay...You can also contact with him if you have any question about your application and my research work.

ME: I see and I would like to. Thank you very much. (这个完全不在准备之中)

LMM: You shoule not care about your application to the ** program and I will sort it out at this end. (因为教授说我申请错系了)(感觉教授的声音特别随意，好像一边做饭一边聊天，而且，声音时大时小，有好多关键字都听不到，让我非常郁闷)

ME: I am sorry that the phone is really not clear. I wonder why?...

LMM: Now is okay? (这回好一些了)

ME: Yeah, it's okay now.

LMM: Maybe it's because the Microphone. ............(重复上面的一句话)

ME: I see. You have told me about this in the email. I am not worry about my application now.

LMM: (长叹了一口气，好像是说我终于听懂了) Okay......., that's good. ... Do you have any questions about our conversion?

ME: (又是电话不清楚，我只听清question，可能是问我研究经历，感觉这个应该是下一步

了)I have participated in several reseach acitivities...

LMM: （立刻打断）No...no..no..I dont care about your research experience.

（我愣...）Okay, I ask you. What will you do after you finish you phD in the United State？

ME: I will continue to do research work on computational biology. Because I am very interested in it and ...（一些牵强的理由）.

LMM: ...university...company...?(没有听清)

ME: I will stay in the university becasue I like the atmosphere of studying in the school.

LMM: Okay...Will you go back to China or still stay in the United State.

ME: I think after finishing my phD I will go back to China...

LMM: I have a chinese colleague who is doing research on computational biology too. And he went back to Taiwan now. I think you can contact with him. It's necessary for you to talk to him about this question, although there are differences between the Taiwan and the mainland.

ME: Okay, I will. （感觉有点奇怪，但是又不敢轻易回答这个问题）

LMM: You know that there're also many differences between USA and China. Here in the USA, a graduate must study himself and figure out ideas himself. And the ...(这个时候好像教授收到了一个电话）please hold on a moment...

Boy: The professor is on another phone, please wait for a moment.

ME: It doesnt matter.(然后就和他聊了起来，当然还是英文。他介绍了他们实验室的情况，又说，他自己现在在作生物信息学。这个我最感兴趣了。我和这个中国学生了得很愉

快，大概聊了20多分钟的样子。）

LMM: I am back now.

ME: I have had a good talk with **.

LMM: Yeah. I go on with my talk. You know the phd study takes so many years, and it is very hard and ... one's interest is very important.

ME: I see. And I am ready for it.

LMM: LOL...nobody is ready for it...LOL...

ME: ...（无语）

LMM: I think it's important for you to think of these questions. Becasuse the problem of the phone, you need not to answer me now. You can write to me later.

ME: Okay, I will write to you soon.

LMM: Not soon. You can take a few days.

ME: Okay, I will write to you as soon as I have answers.

LMM: Yeah! Have a good Saturday.....Take care! Bye!

ME:BYE!

总体感觉教授非常nice。根本没有刁难的意思。他好像也知道电话的问题，于是也没有

要求我回答很多的question。那个中国学生也非常好。整个面试很愉快。只可惜我被第一个中国教授吓坏了，那次把我弄得死去活来的，所以这次准备的全部都是专业知识，而其他问题只看了一遍，没有太多准备。结果这次面试却一点专业知识都没有涉及。倒是问了关于未来打算的问题。

这里我将这次教授问我的那几个问题拿出来，和大家讨论一下，到底我应该怎么回答那

个教授。尤其是最后一个问题。

1, What do I want to do as a graduate?

2, What am I interested in?

3, After finishing my phD, what will I do?

4, Will I stay in the United State or go back to China?

我不知道将来留在美国和回到中国对于录取有多大的影响。这个问题该怎么回答那？

总结，我觉得，中国教授一般都很了解自己人，一定要摸清底细才放心。所以中国教授的面试，一定要准备好专业知识。可能这也是BBS上面说得为什么不要找中国教授了。外国教授不会象中国教授这样问的那么细。一般都很nice。把那些经典问题准备一下，就没有问题了。