今天早上完成了第二個電話面試。心情至今不能平靜。我將這兩次面試比較一下，把一些小經驗拿出來分享。同時還有一些問題向大家請教。

第一次是Florida的中國教授。時間12月2號凌晨1點在寢室。整個面試持續了1個多小時，除了寒暄的話之外，其他的全都是學術方面的。把我的整個貨水全都弄了去。把我問的筋疲力盡，而且后來還有一些冷，直打哆嗦。還好，最后他告訴我，希望我去他那里，讓我等學校的消息。可是至今還沒有消息那。

第二次是purdue的美國教授。時間1月10號上午8點在實驗室。教授按時打電話過來，由于上次的經驗，我早已經把準備了很久的研究經歷爛熟于胸，BBS上面的客套話也準備了好幾條，還是很自信的。結果卻出乎意料。

教授（LMM）：Is that the Chinese guy?

ME: （我愣）Yeah, this is **.

LMM: Ok. What shall I call you?

ME: My chinese name is **.

LMM: So I will call you **. Nice to talk to you. You know that I have a chinese student ** here and I will let him to talk to you now. (聲音轉換，一個boy)

Hi

, **. Nice to talk to you.

ME: (感覺教授特別nice，讓我放松一樣，找了一個中國學生和我聊聊)Nice to talk to you too. I saw you on the website.

LMM:(又換成了教授) Okay...You can also contact with him if you have any question about your application and my research work.

ME: I see and I would like to. Thank you very much. (這個完全不在準備之中)

LMM: You shoule not care about your application to the ** program and I will sort it out at this end. (因為教授說我申請錯系了)(感覺教授的聲音特別隨意，好像一邊做飯一邊聊天，而且，聲音時大時小，有好多關鍵字都聽不到，讓我非常郁悶)

ME: I am sorry that the phone is really not clear. I wonder why?...

LMM: Now is okay? (這回好一些了)

ME: Yeah, it's okay now.

LMM: Maybe it's because the Microphone. ............(重復上面的一句話)

ME: I see. You have told me about this in the email. I am not worry about my application now.

LMM: (長嘆了一口氣，好像是說我終于聽懂了) Okay......., that's good. ... Do you have any questions about our conversion?

ME: (又是電話不清楚，我只聽清question，可能是問我研究經歷，感覺這個應該是下一步

了)I have participated in several reseach acitivities...

LMM: （立刻打斷）No...no..no..I dont care about your research experience.

（我愣...）Okay, I ask you. What will you do after you finish you phD in the United State？

ME: I will continue to do research work on computational biology. Because I am very interested in it and ...（一些牽強的理由）.

LMM: ...university...company...?(沒有聽清)

ME: I will stay in the university becasue I like the atmosphere of studying in the school.

LMM: Okay...Will you go back to China or still stay in the United State.

ME: I think after finishing my phD I will go back to China...

LMM: I have a chinese colleague who is doing research on computational biology too. And he went back to Taiwan now. I think you can contact with him. It's necessary for you to talk to him about this question, although there are differences between the Taiwan and the mainland.

ME: Okay, I will. （感覺有點奇怪，但是又不敢輕易回答這個問題）

LMM: You know that there're also many differences between USA and China. Here in the USA, a graduate must study himself and figure out ideas himself. And the ...(這個時候好像教授收到了一個電話）please hold on a moment...

Boy: The professor is on another phone, please wait for a moment.

ME: It doesnt matter.(然后就和他聊了起來，當然還是英文。他介紹了他們實驗室的情況，又說，他自己現在在作生物信息學。這個我最感興趣了。我和這個中國學生了得很愉

快，大概聊了20多分鐘的樣子。）

LMM: I am back now.

ME: I have had a good talk with **.

LMM: Yeah. I go on with my talk. You know the phd study takes so many years, and it is very hard and ... one's interest is very important.

ME: I see. And I am ready for it.

LMM: LOL...nobody is ready for it...LOL...

ME: ...（無語）

LMM: I think it's important for you to think of these questions. Becasuse the problem of the phone, you need not to answer me now. You can write to me later.

ME: Okay, I will write to you soon.

LMM: Not soon. You can take a few days.

ME: Okay, I will write to you as soon as I have answers.

LMM: Yeah! Have a good Saturday.....Take care! Bye!

ME:BYE!

總體感覺教授非常nice。根本沒有刁難的意思。他好像也知道電話的問題，于是也沒有

要求我回答很多的question。那個中國學生也非常好。整個面試很愉快。只可惜我被第一個中國教授嚇壞了，那次把我弄得死去活來的，所以這次準備的全部都是專業知識，而其他問題只看了一遍，沒有太多準備。結果這次面試卻一點專業知識都沒有涉及。倒是問了關于未來打算的問題。

這里我將這次教授問我的那幾個問題拿出來，和大家討論一下，到底我應該怎么回答那

個教授。尤其是最后一個問題。

1, What do I want to do as a graduate?

2, What am I interested in?

3, After finishing my phD, what will I do?

4, Will I stay in the United State or go back to China?

我不知道將來留在美國和回到中國對于錄取有多大的影響。這個問題該怎么回答那？

總結，我覺得，中國教授一般都很了解自己人，一定要摸清底細才放心。所以中國教授的面試，一定要準備好專業知識。可能這也是BBS上面說得為什么不要找中國教授了。外國教授不會象中國教授這樣問的那么細。一般都很nice。把那些經典問題準備一下，就沒有問題了。