How to Explain Research Experience during an Interview | Grad School | Medical School | Postdoc

This video explains how to arrange your response to questions relating to your previous research experience during an interview. This will be useful for grad school, medical school, and even for job interviews after graduation.
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thank you. wonderful information.

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Very insightful

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Thank You Dr.

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This is a very useful video. I'm really thankful for this. It's very precise and simply explained. You truly earned my respect, sir.

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Thanks, Maria! Glad you found it helpful.

[@osaretinebuehi3175]

This is Amazing sir. God bless you. I learnt a lot from all what you said and I have been looking for something like this.

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[@richardnguyen8042]

thanks! really didnt know were to start - very helpful

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Thank you, Dr Babajide Ojo! Your videos are always explicit.

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Good to know. Thank you, Josh

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Thank you!

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That is so useful, thank you.

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[@okoromichael6161]

Thank you so much Dr. I'm definitely going to apply this method in my MSc application

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Best of luck!

[@gregorymiller2977]

This video helped prepare me for the University of Cambridge UGAdvDip I feel more confident now than ever before. Thank you, Dr. Babajide Obo.

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I hope it went well!

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Thank you for this vital information, Sir.

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[@olayemijoel9125]

@@BestmanAcademy I passed my interview, thank you!

[@tamunotonyebriggs4129]

Thank you Dr. Babajide Ojo, I will be having a research technician interview next week. Thanks for the useful tips

[@BestmanAcademy]

Hello Tamunotonye, I hope your interview goes well this week.

[@tamunotonyebriggs4129]

@@BestmanAcademy I asked them the deal breaker question and after some remarks she concluded me being a good fit. I am still waiting for the result. Wish me luck

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Great to hear! Good luck!

[@tamunotonyebriggs4129]

@@BestmanAcademy I have another one tomorrow. 🙏

[@hammedtukur]

Thanks for sharing

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Thanks for watching!

[@marymon89]

Thank you so much for this video I have my interview next week for masters in pharmacology and Physiology. Pls when explaining the methods can I talk about how I grouped the animals and what was given to each group? I studied the effect of a plant extract on gentimicin induced nephrotoxicity on wister rats. Or can you tell me how best to explain my methods. Thank you so much!!

[@BestmanAcademy]

Sure, Mary. But don't dwell on it too much. You may talk about the study design in a sentence or 2. I'd typically approach this as if I'm writing an abstract. E.g "We induced wistar rats with gentamicin to induce nephrotoxicity and subsequently randomized the rats into 4 groups. Afterwards, we tested the dose-dependent effects of xyz methanolic plant extract on ameliorating nephritis via weekly intraperitoneal injection while using the vehicle as control." This gives a good idea of your study design. Then you can follow it with what you measured and where. "After 8 weeks of treatment, we measured abc and xyz in the kidney" of rats as primary markers for nephrotoxicity using HPLC and ELISA" That's your whole methods in 3 sentences. Then jump into the important results as described in the video. Good luck. I am rooting for you to excel!

[@ugochukwuezedigboh1260]

Thank you for this insightful video. It is indeed very handy at this time. However, I am preparing for a short presentation of my research experience to the lab during my Ph.D. interview process, should I create a PowerPoint for it or just discuss it without a PowerPoint? Thank you.

[@BestmanAcademy]

Sorry I got to this late. If you haven't done the interview, I'd strongly suggest you prepare a short PowerPoint presentation organized along the lines of what we discussed in this video. Best of luck!

[@dhaerby335]

Thank you for this useful tip, sir. I'd like to know how one could talk about the skills acquired during their research experience. And also, which skills are the most important during research. Thank you

[@BestmanAcademy]

Hello Emmanuel. Apart from hard skills specific to your field, you may also find soft skills very useful during this discussion. I talk a little bit about some soft skills here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGufWxthJmDgck We also have a post on soft skills needed in academia on our social media accounts. instagram.com/bestman_academy/

[@oluwafemioyedele]

Good evening, please can I also link this approach when I am presenting my expertise and vision for a project during my PhD interview process?

[@BestmanAcademy]

Yes you can. This other video on how to express research proposals may be of help as well.

[@SportEmpire]

Please sir where can I get more info in regards to college application in USA

[@BestmanAcademy]

Hey Evans, At what level; undergrad or graduate?

[@richardsokiemute326]

Thanks so much for this video. Please, must all research experience be laboratory-based especially for those in Engineering?

[@BestmanAcademy]

Good question! No, your experience doesn't have to be lab-based. Regardless of your field of research , organize your response according to the structure presented here. I understand I tend to use the word "lab" a lot due to my Biomed background.

[@richardsokiemute326]

@@BestmanAcademy Thanks

[@richardsokiemute326]

Any advice on students without publications?

[@osaretinebuehi3175]

What do you mean by implication of the research when you're trying to end your research discussion? Can you give an example please

[@BestmanAcademy]

I mean the potential importance, usefulness, or significance of the research on society.

[@osaretinebuehi3175]

@@BestmanAcademy thank you sir. Sir, if you want to begin talking about your research experience. How would you start? What I mean is, how would you start the introductory paragraph in your statement of purpose. I know how to craft research experiences but I don't know the opening words to discuss about it. Could you help me?

[@BestmanAcademy]

@@osaretinebuehi3175 We have explained how to do all these in your SoP with examples. Here are the links: Paragraph 1-- How to start your SoP: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnizXmqKhNqXl8U Paragraph 2-- How to explain your educational and research background: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3urfYOfYrV0eNk Paragraph 3-- How to explain related work/volunteer experience and soft skills: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6KnYY2EhL6thrs Paragraph 4-- Why this university/department?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZKQhKKYq9CCq6c Paragraph 5-- Concluding effectively: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqWQh3evhdVlsJY

[@kojomensah8036]

What if u have no research background 🤔

[@BestmanAcademy]

You may try to get some volunteering experience in a research group. Depending on the field, you may be able to get into a Master's program with little to no research experience.