Thanks for your advice, guys! I think I've got it down :) Going to focus on the research problem and my main hypothesis, followed by the main finding. Anything else they can just ask me about.

Can anyone help me?

Hi,

I have a PhD interview in a couple of weeks and I've been asked to give a "3 minute overview" of my BSc project.

3 minutes is quite short for anyone to present, but my project was very involved with a couple of hypotheses, a complicated design and three different experiments... I'll have to skip over a lot of it! So, as I'm not sure exactly what they will be looking for in my presentation, my question is what is important to include and what's not so important?

Should I focus on my rationale for choosing the topic, the methods I used, the skills I gained, the results and future directions, or something else?

If it makes any difference, this is a four-year PhD in neuroscience so I haven't submitted a research proposal or chosen a supervisor, which means they'll be looking for general research ability rather than my suitability for a particular project.

I would appreciate any advice you can give me!