Plaese Share interview questions, tips for HEC foreign scholarship interview

[lailajafri]

Dear All,
you are requested to share your experience and interview questions regarding foreign scholarship through HEC in the forum. Do share tips and suggest the suitable answers according to your point of view.

Those who already gone through the process, please help us to achieve the scholarship.

thanks

[bilaljadoon]

@ laila
two questions that you must be well prepared of are
1.Research Area/Research Proposal/Rationale of your research/Benefits to host and home country
2. why this country for PhD.(To impress them you must know basic information about country of your choice gdp,population, strengths, major exports etc/university in which you want to pursue phd.When was it established.ranking,Number of schools and departments,campuses,research facilities,supervisors,their areas of interest etc)

[lailajafri]

As the days of interviews are coming, people are welcomed to share their experiences in this thread.

do share what do the interviewer ask and what do they feel interesting.
It will be helpful.

Is there any updates about interview schedule?
Secondly I have made a proposal that is purely related to Pakistan. How should i defend it in interview panel. Is it good or should i change my proposal?


please suggest...

[bilaljadoon]

@laila
one of ma friends has defended such proposal by saying that he would come to pakistan fa data collection n he was selected n now is hec scholar.. So ma advice to you is donot change it

[Muhammad Saleem Shaikh]

Anyone who selected for Austria and appear for Interview??? Please share the experiance.................

[lailajafri]

any one knows when the interviews get started for HEC scholarship?
Please do share the procedure and your experience on the forum.

[Muhammad Saleem Shaikh]

Kindly share your experiance of today interview at HEC for Austrain candidates...... How much members from HEC and from Austrian in a interview panel and what type of question has been asked by HEC representative and Austrian representative?????

[lailajafri]

isn't there anyone in the forum who has given interview in hec?

No one has shared the experience............

[bilaljadoon]

I gave int for AIT thailand... There were three members who took int.. 1 frm AIT thailand n other two were frm HEC.. It was 10 minute int mainly focussed on SOP and research proposal.. Why AIT Thailand? How will it help you and help us?

It was a good int and in a relaxed environment...

[lailajafri]

Please share the best possible answers to questions regarding SOP and Research proposal defence..
Your replies are most welcomed...