Congrats! I also have an interview for STAR- PREP that I am looking forward to. Does anyone have any tips or example questions they can share? I have been practicing the standard ones (weaknesses, strengths, etc.) but are there any others that have stood out to anyone?
Hi! In my interviews I actually didn't get any "standard" interview questions like strengths and weaknesses besides a question to give an example of a challenge or something that didn't work out as expected during a research project. Interviews go by so fast in only half an hour, so the questions were pretty much "Why do you want to do PREP", "Why do you want to do our program specifically", "tell me about your research experience", "What is your career goal/what do you want to do after getting a PhD" and "Whose lab in our program are you interested in working in". It's basically whatever you probably already wrote as your personal statement but you get a chance to explain yourself in more detail and show your enthusiasm for their program. And definitely come up with some good questions to ask them at the end because it's important that you're also getting a good sense of what their program is like and if it's a good fit for you. I hope that helps!
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