请教：Interview时我们应该问教授什么问题呢

phdaccounting

每次面试的时候碰到教授问我“Do you have any questions to ask us?” 都是头痛不已，不知道要问什么问题。因为一般的课程设置啊，等等等等常规的问题其实都是网站上写有，麻烦大家帮忙献计献策。谢谢！

檀泠悠

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phdaccounting

恩，谢谢。

phdaccounting

我找到一个帖子，贴一下主要内容，纯粹复制粘贴，问题质量良莠不齐，大家自己各取所需。

How easy or hard is it for you to get face time with your advisor? Which professors are more and less available and helpful as advisors?

Is it difficult to get funding for research needs, like data, software, travel?

What is the funding situation like for upper year graduate students? Do students need to do extra work beyond a standard TA or RA job to earn money?

Do you have opportunities to present your research? How often? Who gives you feedback?

Do faculty members co-author with students? Which faculty members?

How well are first and second year students integrated into the department? How/by whom are they advised before they have committees?

How are you expected to learn the "tools" of research like STATA, MATLAB, and other programs if you don't know them already?

Are there any fields where the professors are really helpful to grad students? Where the professors are particularly bad about helping grad students? What fields are perceived as "strong" or "weak" within the department? Are any faculty members planning to leave soon? (Also -- if you know you want to work with one specific person, it is ok to ask about that person, how he is with grad students, etc.)

How often are classes canceled/not offered for lack of enrollment or lack of faculty? Can students take field classes in the business school, if they are offered there?

What resources/opportunities outside of the econ department do students take advantage of?

What are some examples of research that current students are working on? Do students talk to each other about research?

Are students competitive with each other? Do grades matter? Are students ever required to repeat core classes?

What are the requirements for reaching candidacy? Do students who leave the program because they don't pass prelims get master's degrees?

How many years does it usually take for students to graduate? If students stay for 6 years instead of 5, are they able to get funding in their 6th year?

What did you do the summer after first year/second year? When do most students start working seriously on research? When is the first major research paper required, and how is it evaluated?

What is your usual schedule? How many hours a day do you spend at school? Weekends? How social is the department? Do people hang out together outside of school?

Where do first year students study? Do they have offices? What are the first year classes like? Are they well taught? Do they turn out to be useful?

twopenguins

nice summary!