Timeline:

• 02.17 通知
• 02.17 面试

Interviewer: PhD Coordinator(也是 POI)

Interview questions:

1. What research do you plan to do if you join INSEAD? With which faculty?
2. Based on my responses to the first question, asked how would I pursue a research direction I proposed?
3. What statistical training have you had? Have you done experiments? What experimental training have you had?
4. Where else are you applying to and have heard back from?

下午两点多接到 coordinator 邮件，三点多开始的面试。他们之前已经有过一轮今年的 shortlist 了，当时我不在里面。Coordinator 解释说他们没 shortlist 我是因为搞不清我的 research identity 是什么，和哪些 faculty 比较 match；然后因为去年我在 shortlist 上面，所以还是想跟我聊一下（主要原因可能还是今年第一波的 offerees 至少有两个人选择不接吧）