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No Offer – Reviewed May 20, 2013 New
Interview Details civil strucutures
Interview Question – describe yourself Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) – Reviewed Dec 15, 2012
Interview Details Read recent papers by staff member which you get asked about in telephone interview. Prepare statement of intended research with bibliography. Fill in departmental application form with background and request two references from previous study.
Interview Question – More about background theory of staff member's papers. Why should we get funding for you? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Mainly about receiving scholarship to fund studies during PhD.
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England (UK) Jan 2012 – Reviewed Dec 02, 2012
Interview Details Contacted member of staff at Department of Chemistry, had a short interview and got admitted. Discussed about project details, and talked through milestones in project to be covered, including objectives, considerations and problems to be considered.
Interview Question – Why interested in Organic synthesis? Why undertake this placement? Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in Islamabad, Islamabad (Pakistan) Feb 2012 – Reviewed Jul 08, 2012
Interview Details i just want to suggest that they should give some kind of financial awards .Which would be helpful for the employee in this recision.
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Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England (UK) Dec 2009 – Reviewed Dec 23, 2011
Interview Details It was very informal . My Resume was selected and I was called to discuss the work opportunity at Imperial. I liked the job and the people who interviewed me. It was a very pleasant experience. The job offers flexible work timings and I was allowed to work on the topics that interested me and that the group would find beneficial.
Interview Question – What are your areas of expertise Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Aug 2011 – Reviewed Sep 28, 2011
Interview Details this consist of a phone interview with the company. It took 1 hour. Competency questions were asked and the CV was used to ask most of the questions. It was a one-on-one interview.
Interview Question – what is your greatest achievement? Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) May 2011 – Reviewed Jun 14, 2011
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Helpful and informative initial contact.
Was given a good range of background materials.
Encouraging office staff on the day.
Questions by interview panel were within expectations.
Not offered the job but post interview feedback was direct and helpful.
No Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2011 – Reviewed May 07, 2011
Interview Details telephone interview
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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2009 – Reviewed Feb 12, 2011
Interview Details The interview took place in the professors' office. It took several hours, focusing on specific technical questions related to the potential project to do. Talked about the previous experience, projects, courses taken, coding ability, understanding about the industry...
Interview Question – Tell me your understanding about the difference between ad hoc networks and mesh networks? Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on London, England (UK) Oct 2008 – Reviewed Nov 17, 2010
Interview Details 30-60 minutes presentation on my previous research work and research interests. After that discussion about my future plans, the requirements of the possition. One professor and several PhD students and other RAs from the research group attended my presentation. Overall, very friendly environment and very good experience. At the end I went for lunch with the porfessor for further discussions.
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Negotiation Details – In accademia, it all comes to your supervisor. Other people are very relaxed and other very strict with their post-docs and phd students. In my case, they offered to even pay my broadband in case I want to work from home some days.
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