Dear earthlings,
So yesterday from morning till 5PM, a group of butterflies invaded my tummy..wanna know why? well, my supervisor from LJMU was going to call me up for a phone interview...oh my..oh my...
I tried to search online for possible questions...some mentioned questions like why do you want to pursue a PhD? why did you choose this university? what do you think makes a good PhD student and stuffs like that..
One of my colleague was also interviewed by her potential supervisor from the UK but her questions were more towards publications and journal writing...
At exactly 10.00 AM GMT, the phone in my office wrung..the interview was actually not too bad..he asked me what subject I was teaching, what syllabus did it cover and co-coincidentally, he was also teaching the exact same subject back in LJMU..
He then moved on and mentioned that I had a short stint in the UK at University of Manchester and asked me whether I was familiar with the Brits educational system to which I responded yes...
Then he asked about my Masters dissertation which was Extremum Seeking Controller and asked me to elaborate on what is the difference between ESC and normal controllers..thank goodness I already prepared myself since morning so I just explained as best as I could..
I also took that opportunity to ask him whether there's a control group there and I learned that the control group was established 30 years ago..he also explained what are the topics and research area that the group is working on..
After a few more chit-chatting and I took the opportunity to ask how long it will take for LJMU to come up with the offer letter and the answer I got was most probably between 1-2 weeks...Alhamdulillah...Hopefully after obtaining the offer letter, I can proceed with submitting it to my dean to approve and then straight to KPT..
Yours Truly,
Adventure Addict
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