PhD Interview Presentation Example | How to give an amazing presentation!

[@laurenlane-s5p]

Just wanted to come on to say I used a lot of your tips within this video for my interview, and 2 hours later I got the call to say that I was selected for the PhD!! Can't thank you enough :)

[@oxford_phd]

@@laurenlane-s5p wow just 2 hours later, that's incredible, congratulations!!! Thank you for coming back to let me know, so kind of you! And so delighted to hear I could help ☺️

[@UAunited]

These are such nice useful pointers! Thank you! I have a PhD interview coming up where I have to present a paper on predicting cancer survival in colorectal cancer (I have a computer science background only and now trying to enter biotech 😄) and I feel a lot more informed now though still very scared 🤣

[@SolomonMakanjuola]

This is my present position

[@laurajayde6646]

Hello, thank you for this video. I have a PhD interview next week and I wanted to make sure I had all I needed in the power point presentation and this really helped. Thanks for your guidance 😊

[@khadidjaesperanza7078]

how did it go ?

[@mithilbaria8151]

Both the vidoes were very useful!!! Thank you so much. Please keep uploading!

[@mudassarmunirshah4283]

Hi mam, I'm PhD candidate, and your video is so informative

[@MeBookology]

Salam Hira. How are you? I have applied to Oxbridge for PhD and am so worried about not being accepted. I am a social science student and my MA gpa was 6.1/7 from Australia, not that high. I have no publication, only three and half of years teaching experience. Your videos really helped and encouraged me. I have applied to more than two universities. A PhD is a must in my field and I want to be a better academic. ❤

[@oxford_phd]

Aww thank you, I'm glad my videos helped you! Best wishes on your applications! ❤️

[@nguyentungle2183]

Thanks to your useful video, I got a full-ride MRes scholarship in Netherlands. Thank you very much and hope you keep releasing videos in the future.

[@oxford_phd]

Congratulations!

[@brainlesschemistry3750]

It's really excellent. Next week I have an interview.I hope to get the position.

[@lakshansamarasinghe2439]

Very useful video and thank you loads for sharing your first-hand experiences!

[@FriedaSossi]

Thank you so much! I have to prepare for a PhD interview and this video is super helpful!

[@Nene-mb5ln]

Thank you Hira for the protective shield at the end very useful:) I will use it during my coming interview insha Allah.

[@sushreetapaul1136]

Hey, i have an interview in Utrecht University, Netherland, where i am asked to give a presentation. Your video has been so helpful. Thank you Hira

[@poorvaambekar5437]

This is going to help me a lot...Thanks!

[@anubhavrajyan7963]

explained so concisely ! tx

[@sinakhaleghi7919]

Very very useful. Thank you so much!

[@manarsalam2001]

Keep going dearly ,We want more library study videos in a situation that makes us feel like we're actually studying in the library

[@oxford_phd]

Thank you so much! Yes I'll be uploading a video of the Radcliffe camera very soon!

[@marziyehasanshahi8047]

Useful Hira. Thanks❤️

[@aliaitbaha5674]

thanks for this fascinating video.

[@ianinaharms]

Really useful! Thank you

[@fernandoalejandre3930]

veyr usefull video! Thank you!

[@oxford_phd]

Thank you! So happy you found it useful!

[@MrChamirkhan]

Mashallah... well explained ... quite helpful.

[@priyabhardwaj2593]

Thank you it is very helpful

[@adistarboy2034]

Dear Hira, This is Amiya Sur from India, I would like to thank you first for making an in-depth video on Interview presentation (a crucial aspect of phd interviews) However, I also got confused as I followed along the video, if my school have asked me to present on a project proposal, how can I already have results to share with them ? How do I show the graphs and all prior to beginning my phd ?

[@BeResearcherBD]

Thanks for sharing your slide.

[@oxford_phd]

You're welcome!

[@saikhu_]

I am a bit confused, is this presentation example for the PhD Interview, or it's for the Final project delivery presentation ?

[@faryalamir8921]

Tyty sooo helpful!!

[@somosprotagonistas3851]

Tk u! I will use your amzig tips tomorrow

[@oxford_phd]

Good luck!

[@mahrukhazhar7309]

thank you!

[@haniabobakr]

I like it. you're great.

[@ffM223]

nice presentation!

[@oluwafemioyedele]

Nice presentation, what about when you are asked to present your expertise and vision for a project that you are applying for can I use my previous work during my presentation?

[@oxford_phd]

Hi, if they are asking for both expertise and a vision for your project, you can make the first part about your previous work and show them what skills/expertise you have. And in the second part you can present your visions, goals, and hypotheses/research plans for the upcoming project. Hope that makes sense.

[@oluwafemioyedele]

@@oxford_phd Ok, thank you for your reply, but in my case I am asked to present my expertise and vision for the project I applied for. That means I just present my proposal where I will state how I am going to solve the problem and the expected results?

[@abdulmalikabdulkabir9460]

Great video @Hiya. Learned alot. I have a PhD interview coming up and would have to give a presentation too. Kinda nervous. Don't know if the slides are good to go.

[@oxford_phd]

Thank you! Glad it was helpful! If you'd like me to look over your presentation or do a mock interview presentation with me, you can book a one-to-one meeting with me here: www.fiverr.com/share/rGVob0

[@jjk4754]

I don't have any results yet i'm still doing my research 😬 i guess i should just put what i'm doing to test and how?

[@moujistic]

hey Hira😊 first of all thankyou so much for all this information. I am already expecting an oxford Dphil interview and wanted to prepare ahead of time. I am having trouble understanding this 5 minutes presentation time: would they give me a topic and I have 5 mins to prepare or this 5 min is the presentation time? My other question is: How would I select the project or topic for this 5 min presentation? would I be presenting my previous projects from masters or bachelors or something related to the project I am applying to?

[@oxford_phd]

Hi! You will have to present in 5 minutes and you should prepare the slides etc before the interview. The topic should be your research project from masters or bachelors.

[@zigzaglychee7324]

I have 3 interviews coming up and I'm nervous. My MSci project went so badly and presenting it in a way that actually paints me in a good light is tough. I have to focus quite a lot on the troubleshooting, reflection and evaluation to at least prove that I can problem solve and assess experiment validity. And the worst part is it was an easy project (literally the most basic molecular biology) so I'm terrified that I'll simply be dismissed as incompetent and not trusted to manage 4 years of wet lab work. All my results are basically pictures of gels that don't have the band I actually wanted due to either plasmid contamination or simply poor PCR efficiency due to the primers being crap (something I should've picked up on sooner). I did well in my viva presentation which was essentially a problem diary, but idk how that will go down in an interview.

[@oxford_phd]

Hi there! I wouldn't worry! The results are outside your control. The imp thing is you tried your best and did the troubleshooting, critical thinking, problem solving. And poor primers hapoens to everyone and it isn't your fault! Just focus on what you did, what you learnt, and don't be afraid to mention what went wrong because it shows you were able to pinpoint what was causing the problems! This skill is crucial for a PhD actually!

[@Thisisparmida]

Thanks

[@sherafganqarni8634]

The topic of presentation will be of the supervisors research project or our previous M.S research.

[@oxford_phd]

Your previous research project or one you are currently working on before the PhD, as you have to show them what you have already done and studied.

[@syedzahid6357]

If they ask to specifically answer this question in a 5 mint presentation How do your experiences and qualities provide a background to contribute to the research project?

[@semaalzubaidi4808]

Thank you so much for the beneficial video! Just. a quick question, did you draw the pictures yourself? If so how did you do this? did you use a program?

[@oxford_phd]

Hi! Yes it was on PowerPoint! It's surprising how much you can do on it using the simple shapes. Just pick a nice colour. Add a bit of shadows or 3D structure, and you're good to go. Some parts I think it may have also taken out from figures but probably not. If you do that, probably add "adapted from" and cite the paper.

[@ahmadgull7790]

where was your introduction slide etc..?

[@oxford_phd]

The first three are intro. 2:00 and 2:20 and 3:10

[@khannishat5809]

Asslm alkm Hira Today I was having a PhD ppt presentation interview.. As I prepared so much and I really tried very hard but ..I got the mail in afreenoon that I did not get selected... What should I do..I cant tell you my feelings right now.

[@EmmaGRicci]

Very helpful, thank you! Like others in the comments, I am also awaiting to do an interview for a DPhil. Nervous about the presentation because my research was more application-based and it was in a team environment. Any suggestions for how to approach this? (My Master’s was more industry-focused and the project/research was about creating a solution to a problem that occurs in the hospital. And I was one of almost ten team members).

[@oxford_phd]

Hey! You could talk about the project in general but focus more on your contribution and what you did to add value to the project. Especially the research aspect to highlight the skills you developed which will be directly applicable to the PhD. Good luck! :)

[@EmmaGRicci]

@@oxford_phd Thank you so much!

[@ranaawaisnaeem3047]

Doing Great ✌

[@janicepulicken1007]

Hii i would like to do dphil in oncology after my bachelor's Hons.So how to reach out to supervisors and how to mail them for acceptance

[@aliroumieh1926]

Hi Hira. Thank you for the amazing video. I have a question. If I didn't complete my masters yet, but my prospective PhD supervisor told me to prepare a 5min presentation related to my current research work (which is my dissertation). How can I prepare the presentation? Should I only state the background, aim, and expected results?

[@sbnluk332]

You will definitely need an introduction, ideally with a schematic drawing (for example from Biorender), purpose/aims of your experiments (or tests), and then have 2-3 slides with relevant data, make sure the slides are neatly composed, ideally using a set template from your university or a self-designed template (the example that Hira gave looks good), and make use of the automated formats built into PowerPoint You should have one slide with the key discussion points, and it will be important to mention also the limitations of your study. The last 30 seconds can put your data/conclusions into a wider context, i.e. how it impacts population health, socio-economics, etc., depending on your subject area.

[@mujahidkhan-qn8by]

Dear, great job

[@salamtofsl]

nice

[@GraceKalinga-q1r]

Hello am Grace kalinga PhD student

[@jahanzebnawaz261]

ur wonderful

[@user-ts9oh4ui3d]

Hi. Thank you. Where did you get the visual format of you first page of PowerPoint.

[@oxford_phd]

Hi, did you mean the page with the title? I just made it myself on PowerPoint using 3 text boxes of different sizes and colours.

[@user-ts9oh4ui3d]

@@oxford_phd Thank you very much for your response. And may I ask which font have you used? It looks quite nice. In a few days I have an interview for AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship in Modern History at St Andrews. The field is quite different with yours but your video was very promising and helpful as a model.

[@oxford_phd]

@@user-ts9oh4ui3d glad you found it helpful! The font is just the default one, Calibri.

[@oxford_phd]

@@user-ts9oh4ui3d good luck on your interview! If you need help with a mock interview, you can get in touch with me. www.fiverr.com/s/aBRAGW

[@angelagow497]

🤩

[@Farhan-co9he]

liked it ... for comment :)

[@hinakhan23]

Ma'am i want to do PhD from Oxford University but I'm belong to middle class family i can't effort very high cast can you suggest any scholarship please ma'am help me

[@oxford_phd]

My upcoming video will cover this topic 🤗

[@demrovbeta2289]

Ma'am I have a doubt if you select a new topic then how you can predict the results and conclusion about your result as you only know it theoretically and the topic which you proposed is a new one so how we conclude the results of something which we ourself is new to us as we say we don't know it prior to the experiment pls clear this doubt ma'am??

[@oxford_phd]

Hi, this was a presentation of a previous research project I had already done and completed during my BSc. They wanted to know about my previous research experience. Hope that resolves the confusion.

[@demrovbeta2289]

@@oxford_phd Yup it is and can you suggest a better topic for PhD biotech as I am an recent MSc pass out it would help me a lot for PhD interviews and even in my PhD so can you??

[@oxford_phd]

@@demrovbeta2289 I'm not sure one can "suggest" a PhD topic. Students don't have to come up with a PhD topic entirely on their own. Think about your field, what you are interested in and what you would like to explore. Then find supervisors/professors who work on these topics and contact them to see if they have any projects advertised. You can then narrow down your choices, see what you are most interested in, and apply to your top choices.

[@demrovbeta2289]

@@oxford_phd OK! Thanks for the advice ma'am😊🥂

[@Younha1231]

How much time does it take to hear back form oxford after the PhD interview?

[@oxford_phd]

I'd say about 2 weeks or longer.

[@humasafdar4815]

Can u check my personal statement

[@oxford_phd]

Hi Huma, I'm unable to at the moment due to my work demands. Sorry about that!

[@maxmix3520]

👍

[@shehryarimtiaz7950]

is it possible that u can take a look at my presentation

[@oxford_phd]

Hi, thanks for your comment! I would love to but unfortunately, I'm not taking any requests at the moment to focus on my thesis writing! Best wishes!

[@aamnabutt5620]

Thank you so much Hira, your videos are helping a lot in my application towards MSc (Res) in Chemistry at Oxford. Now, I have to present for 10 min in my inerview, so I have lots of characterization, so how to manage it at all as I have done 3 projects in my undergrad?

[@oxford_phd]

Just choose one and give a proper structured presentation on that! I had 3 as well but chose one.

[@aamnabutt5620]

Thank you so much hira it means a lot to me @@oxford_phd

[@iamclaudelouis]

Thanks