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Questions about the course/institution you are applying to and your motivation:
Why did you apply for this programme/course/university? Which aspects of your University course interested you most and why? Why are you only applying to this University? What do you know about the course structure? Define your area of study to 'the person in the street'. What are your particular areas of interest? Why would you specifically want to study in our department at this University, over other schools?
Why have you decided to move into this particular field of study?
Career aims/ambitions:
What are your career ambitions? What is the relevance of the course to your current/future work?
How do you think this course will prepare you for a role as a finance manager, IT consultant, marketing manager, etc?
On completion of the course will you be applying for jobs? Which organisations will you be applying to?
What are the primary environments in which forensic psychologists, environmentalists, engineers, etc are employed?
What particular qualities do you believe a forensic psychologist, environmentalist, engineer, etc should possess?
What skills, both personal and academic, can you offer? Can you provide us with some examples of where you have taken the initiative in your work or in your spare time?
What would you say were your main strengths/weaknesses? How do you get on with others in team projects/activities? How do you manage your time/get things done? What skills do you think you will need to apply yourself effectively to the course and where have you developed these?
Tell me more about how your work experience has helped you to develop your employability skills?
General questions:
Tell me how a friend might describe you. What do you consider to be your greatest achievement to date?
What will you do if you are unsuccessful in securing funding for the course? Why do you think we should offer you a place on the course?
Why did you carry out that particular final project? What have you particularly enjoyed about it? What has been the most frustrating part of your project? Tell us about some piece of research that you have undertaken (normally your undergraduate or MSc project).
Explain what the project is about as if you were explaining it to one of your fellow students, and tell us what you believe will be the main problems that you will be addressing in the research?
What is the best form of supervision? How will you keep motivated two years into your research, when you are not finding the results you expect and keep experiencing delays due to a variety of factors?
Your motivation:
Why do you want to do a PhD? What led you to choose this research topic? What will you do if you fail to secure a PhD topic in the current round? Have you considered anything other than research? Where would you like to be in five years time?
General questions:
How well do you work to deadlines? In what way does your academic background prepare you for this research? What do see as the future of this area of research? What do you think about the way research is funded in this country?
What do you regard as being special about this particular course/department? What are the tutorial/supervisory arrangements? Who has sponsored previous students? Is it possible to take on extra activities such as seminars, invigilating etc? What do you regard as the key issues in the future development of this area of research?
Remember not to ask questions that have already been covered in the interview or it will look like you weren't listening! If all your questions were covered in the interview you could still reach for your list and confirm that your questions have all been answered "thank you very much".