Hi,

Anyone else out there who's interviewed for a Physics PhD, I need your help!

I have an interview for a PhD scholarship in about a week which will consist of a conversation with my potential supervisor and the head of the research group and a separate interview (which they will sit in on) with the admissions tutor. He will be asking me 'basic Physics questions' (not all candidates will necessarily have a Physics degree - though I do - some will have Elec/Mech Eng degrees).

This shouldn't be daunting at all, but I get terribly stressed about these things. It'd really help if someone could tell me the kind of questions they got asked at their interview, so I can (perhaps) reassure myself that it won't be that bad. He did say *basic* - they shouldn't try and catch me out, right....?

Um, anyone...?

i can't help with what a basic physics question might be, but you need to be prepared for normal interview questions: previous experience, why you want a PhD, why they should give you a PhD, strength and weaknesses etc

I would ask something about Maxwell's equations. :-)