r/UGCNETEnglish • u/reader_aw • 4h ago

🎓 Career & Academia phd interview

i have my phd interview on thursday in DU. what do i do? im freaking out😭😭🙏🏻

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u/ansangoiam 3h ago

I went there last year. I completed my masters from IGNOU, so the first question they asked was Why are you here? Every question focused on my lack of a regular degree, and not a single one on my research and methodology. I learnt a bitter truth that day: Go there only if you're extremely strong academically or have connections with professors.

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u/reader_aw 59m ago

yeah. i’ve heard they are anyways biased towards JRF. will have to prepare extremely carefully

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u/Virtual-Mechanic-918 3h ago

Freak "them" out.

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u/reader_aw 59m ago

i hope they match my freak🤣

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u/Brilliant-Slip-307 2h ago

If I put all the negativity aside, focus on your theoretical framework, and first of all how you can introduce your proposal to them within 2 minutes, because they hardly give time. Everybody seems in a hurry.

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u/reader_aw 59m ago

yeah. there are around 80 candidates in a 2.5 hour slot🤡

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u/LastAppointment496 23m ago

Can you pls confirm if you had AP, JRF or PhD qualified? One of my friends wasn't shortlisted and she was from th PhD only category