PhD Candidate applicants have rated the interview process at University of Cambridge with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for PhD Candidate roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at University of Cambridge overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at University of Cambridge as a PhD Candidate according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 29%
Group panel interview: 29%
Phone interview: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Background check: 14%
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30 min interview with 3 committee members Asked me general questions about my Scientific Back ground. Also my masters experience and technics i can use. Nothing too difficult came out during the interview process.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at University of Cambridge
Interview
Two round interview process, first a fit/motivation interview then a technical interview discussing past work and digging deeper into knowledge surrounding that research. Outcome was emailed to me a few weeks later.
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Question 1
Why study at the University of Cambridge?
How does an SEM work?
I applied online. I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England) in Feb 2023
Interview
I applied for a PhD in DAMTP through the online application form. About a month or two later, I received an email from my current supervisor asking whether I was available for an online interview the next morning. The interview took about 45-60 minutes, and was relatively informal. Questions were asked on my background, courses, knowledge, research experience ... All fair and relevant questions, and a second assessor was present for the interview process.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England)
Interview
I had a 30 minutes interview with my current supervisor. The interview was very informal, they asked some questions about myself and then they asked me to talk about a specific project. I had to prepare a 20 minutes presentation