Solid professional basic skills and good personal comprehensive quality are the necessary conditions for an interview. To do this, we need to constantly accumulate and hone in our daily study and life, and constantly improve our self-cultivation and ability. Of course, besides, it is also very necessary to master certain interview methods and skills.
1. Information: Collect in time and prepare skillfully.
In the actual operation process, different universities will make corresponding adjustments and have their own different styles. Different departments in the same university will adopt different methods. Some departments may choose questions, while others directly examine the adaptability and flexibility of candidates in the form of questions and answers. In this case, candidates should also be flexible, consult the school admissions office before the second interview, and always pay attention to the website information of the target institution; Ask more about the previous brothers and sisters in our college, including the general scope of the examination, examination methods and processes, examination methods and skills, etc. You can also post questions in the student forum of our college. Learn and master as much information as possible before the exam to avoid the situation that the response is not timely and the answer is irrelevant.
The author believes that the biggest difference between postgraduate entrance examination and college entrance examination is that postgraduate entrance examination not only tests candidates' professional knowledge and skills, but also tests candidates' abilities beyond books, such as information collection, interpersonal communication and time management. These abilities hidden in books are also within the scope of postgraduate entrance examination, but they are reflected in an invisible way.
2. Dress: neat and generous, full of vigor.
First of all, it needs to be clear that we have to face universities and research institutes, which are places to create academic achievements, different from enterprises and institutions, so there is no need for candidates to dress up formally. If you have the habit of formal dress, that's another matter. The author believes that as long as it is clean and tidy, generous and decent, it is full of the vitality that young people should have. Most of those who take the postgraduate entrance examination are fresh graduates with rich imagination and a young heart. You don't have to pretend to be mysterious, but deliberately put on a mature and steady posture and show your true self to the examiner. Boys should dress neatly, straighten their hair and shave off their beards. Girls should also dress neatly and generously, be capable, tie up their long hair, avoid heavy makeup, and wear light makeup in order to be healthy and energetic.
When candidates enter the interview examination room, the first thing they present to the examiner is their appearance. A healthy and good external image is bound to leave a very good first impression on the examiner. In just half an hour or so, a good first impression will add a lot of color to your interview.
3. Self-introduction: clear and fluent, brave and confident.
In the final analysis, the self-introduction link is the process of candidates selling themselves to examiners. Candidates should clearly and smoothly introduce their basic information and related hobbies, research expertise, etc. The author believes that the form of self-introduction is better than the content. From the content level, because many basic information of candidates has already been presented to the teacher in written form, introducing yourself in the interview is nothing more than extending what is not mentioned in the paper materials to a certain extent, or appropriately supplementing what is not mentioned in the materials. What the teacher really values at this time is the candidates' words and behaviors. Therefore, candidates should be brave, confident, clear and fluent when introducing themselves.
Specifically, candidates should be full of energy and smile when introducing themselves, showing the vitality and enthusiasm that young people should have. Always smiling during the interview will make the examiner feel very comfortable and gentle. In daily life, we will also find that people who are popular with everyone are always smiling and gentle, and examiners also like kind, gentle and friendly students. Secondly, candidates should clearly convey their relevant information in the introduction, speak steadily and gently, and pronounce clearly and forcefully. Bright and clear pronunciation can make the examiner feel the aura you bring and integrate the examiner into your discourse system. Thirdly, the necessary eye contact is an important chip to win the examiner's favor. Eyes are the windows of the soul, and a person's eyes can directly reflect his inner world and psychological state. Eye contact should run through the whole interview process, from self-introduction, to answering questions and then to free communication with the tutor. Here, the author wants to emphasize that the examinee's eyes must look straight into the examiner's eyes, showing a certain concentration and seriousness, and at the same time, he must be confident and must not be erratic. This is a typical lack of confidence. If candidates really dare not look directly at the examiner, they can look directly at the examiner's nose. Of course, in the process of introducing yourself, you don't have to look the examiner in the eye all the time. You can look around at other teachers during the speech, and naturally shift your eyes from the examiner to other teachers, and then from other teachers to the examiner. You should always keep a calm, confident and calm mental state.
4. Answer: Calm down and seek truth from facts.
In the whole interview process, the examiner asked the most questions than the examinee's understanding and mastery of the basic theory and related knowledge of this major. Candidates should always be modest, cautious and calm at this time. In previous years, many candidates will have a rapid heartbeat, blushing and incoherent speech in the interview examination room. The author believes that an important reason for this situation is mental imbalance and excessive tension.
Everyone should realize that the strength gap between the shortlisted candidates is not very big, so the competition at this time is the psychological quality of the candidates. Candidates must pretend to understand when drawing difficult problems. It is normal for students to encounter problems that they cannot solve. As long as you are modest, serious and open-minded, teachers will agree. When encountering a difficult problem, candidates should first think carefully. The general teacher will leave a minute or two for the candidates to think and answer after asking questions. If they really have no idea, they can take the initiative to admit that they didn't pay enough attention to this issue before. I hope the teacher can help. If you have some ideas or influences, you might as well share them with the teachers present. Teachers will think that the candidate is an honest and reliable student, and will definitely not make things up and be whimsical.
5. Knowledge: not the most, only more.
Knowledge is endless, but this does not prevent us from pursuing knowledge. In the interview process of postgraduate re-examination, we are all faced with domestic experts and scholars. Our professional skills are weak in front of them, but we can also gain their favor through extensive knowledge. For example, when discussing a certain professional knowledge, you can get in touch with some knowledge of other disciplines and talk about your own views and opinions from other angles. Sometimes a novel and unique point of view can win the favor of teachers.
Everyone has his own unique research field. When you study computer, you may usually pay attention to sports. When studying history, you may usually pay attention to current affairs and politics; You like chemistry, and you may usually pay attention to business. In the interview process, you might as well connect these hobbies with professional knowledge, and let your tutor know your other half in the conversation with your tutor. Knowledge is infinite. The key is that we can always have a heart for knowledge. No matter in which field, as long as you love knowledge, you can dig out your own things. What the tutor values is not so much the professional knowledge you have learned in these four years, but rather the learning enthusiasm and learning ability you have cultivated in your four-year study life.
6. Major: key breakthrough and extensive reading.
After all, excellent professional knowledge is the most powerful competitive chip for candidates. Four years may not necessarily have expert knowledge and skills, but at least one thing, that is, occupational sensitivity. A qualified undergraduate, especially an excellent undergraduate who enters the postgraduate entrance examination and re-examination, must at least have very good professional sensitivity. For example, people who study advertising design can't help but pay attention to the advertising patches in the streets and lanes in their daily lives, and can't help but praise the excellent design of an advertisement when watching TV; People who study news editing will habitually pay attention to the changes of newspaper layout, arrangement, font size, font and title when reading newspapers, and will inevitably praise the eye-catching title or criticize the mediocrity of a page; Students majoring in economics will pay attention to the latest financial information in the process of reading newspapers at ordinary times, and will involuntarily evaluate a financial phenomenon when reading news.
When preparing for the second interview, candidates should not only read the designated bibliography, but also connect with reality and pay more attention to reality. In the interview, teachers often ask candidates to put forward their own views and opinions on a certain problem in real life from a professional point of view. Therefore, candidates must strive to establish the connection between professional knowledge and daily life, listen more, see more and think more in daily life, consciously pay attention to their professional information, and gradually deepen their understanding of the profession. Secondly, you should read more books related to your major, especially candidates who apply for liberal arts majors. Tutors often ask candidates what relevant classics they have read. Therefore, candidates should read more relevant original works when preparing for the second exam. Because of the short time, it is impossible for candidates to study all the original works completely. We can grasp the core ideas and main clues in the original, as long as we have something to say in the interview, and accurately summarize the core ideas of the original.
It can be seen that the grasp of the major is multi-angle, which requires candidates to focus on breakthroughs and extensive reading. Focus on breaking through the designated bibliography and corresponding test questions over the years, read relevant professional books and classics extensively, and at the same time pay attention to reality, connect with reality, and enhance your professional sensitivity.
7. ambition: teach teachers what they like and prescribe the right medicine.
During the interview, the teacher often asks you what you are interested in. At this time, candidates need to master the teacher's research preferences and academic expertise in advance. I don't encourage candidates to say things against their original intention in order to be teachers, but at least they can avoid confrontation with their tutors. For example, the academic specialty of the questioning teacher is modern western philosophy, but the examinee shows obvious rejection of modern western philosophy in his discourse and has obvious conflict with the tutor. If candidates know the research preferences of their tutors in advance, they can avoid talking about their lack of interest in modern western philosophy in the interview.
The interviewer may also ask you this question: Please talk about the research direction and progress of the tutor you are applying for. Therefore, candidates must know and master the research results of the tutor in advance, carefully study the relevant academic papers of the tutor, make necessary thinking, and master the most representative academic achievements. At the same time, candidates should also pay attention to their professional development. A candidate who is indifferent to the development status and prospects of his major will not win the favor of teachers.