今天冒着小雨回到本部去参加UBham的面试。上午9点半，三名教授过来了，给大家做了个presentation介绍了一下项目情况和伯明翰的情况，然后又给了我们一些时间提问，回答了我们不少问题。我被安排到了倒数第二个，估计是下午4点左右的时候才轮到我。我就找了个地方自习。快三点的时候来到了面试的地方。大家基本都在那里了。有一些是刚刚面试完的，大家就一群群地围在一起，问面试情况。结果发现，今年面试除了问一些“例行公事”的问题以外，还会考察一些基本专业知识。呃。。。。这个用中文还不一定能答对，何况英文，就更紧张了。。。@_@

“他们让我写出麦克斯韦方程组。。。”
“他们问我什么是一维无限深势阱。。。”
“他们随手画了个很简单的电路，问我它的功能是什么。。。”
“他们问我模电这门课学了些什么。。。”
“他们问我用FPGA做过什么。。。”
。。。。。。

现场气氛被搞得越来越紧张。其实后来想想都是一些很基本的知识点，很多也都只是概念性问题，大家都说教授们只是了解基本情况，不会为难大家。所有面试出来的人都说教授们态度很友好。但是在英文面试的现场，加上紧张的心情，还真怕反应不过来表现很差什么的。。。@_@  哎，当时我紧张得就跟每次上400米赛程时的心情一样，可是以前那也就十分钟的紧张，这回可是煎熬了一个多小时啊。。。啊。。。。>_<

快4点半的时候终于轮到我了。。。（以下省略寒暄和例行公事的“你为什么想去UBham”这种问题）

（先是那个EECE的教授，把我的transcript推到我面前）“Which course do you think is the most interesting?”
（我就在上学期学的课里挑了模数实验，最熟悉，趁还没忘记）“The experiment, I think.”
“What did you do in that experiment course?”
（呃，这么大的问题我怎么回答啊。。。）“I built some analog circuit, some digital circuit…..”
“What are their functions?”
（怎么又是这种general的不好回答的问题。。。）“Amplify the voltage, the current, the power…”
“What are the components of your circuit?”
（我一下木有反应过来他要问什么，露出了疑惑的表情）“what?…”
“I mean, the components, like resistors…”
“oh, there are transistors, diodes, MOSFET…”
（听到MOSFET他居然来劲了）“I notice that you took some courses about semiconductor, you should know about MOSFET…” 接着他拿过一张纸开始画图，我开始紧张。。。。那个教授只是很简单地画了一个MOSFET，下接一个电阻再接地，上接一个电压。。。。我松了口气。。。。
（指着他画的那个MOSFET的三个极）“Can you tell me what are these parts?”
（我看看图，一时脑抽了，以为问的是哪种类型，于是用手在纸上比划着。。）“…er.. I think I need an arrow here to tell correctly…”
（他愣了一下，补了两笔）“Just take this as an example. If this is the source…”
（恍然大悟原来问的是这个呀。。。我很麻利地指了三个部分）“oh, you mean the source, the gate, and the drain.”
（好像终于沟通到一起了很激动的样子）“yes yes, that’s it.”
（我汗了一下。。。）
（他继续纠结于那个电路，指着栅极）“What do you think should be put here?”
（栅极。。。加电压啊？我又愣了一下，回答得很傻。。）“the voltage?…”
（他继续指着那里，诱导的眼神和语气）“Is there any specific xxxxx circuit?…”
（我没听清也没明白，就给了他一个疑惑的眼神。。。）
“I mean, xxxxx circuit xxxxx…”
（好像问的是什么驱动电路吧，可是栅极能加很多种啊。。。最后实在搞不清楚他想问什么，我只好很谦虚很坦诚地说）“what circuit?….en…I am not quite sure about that…”
（似乎怕把我弄紧张了。。。）“Oh, it’s ok, it’s ok…”
（他终于停止纠结于那个MOSFET了。。。anyway，此刻我特别想感谢蒋sir，呵呵～：）

（另一个教授看到了我在GU的成绩单，也来了兴趣）“You went to Georgetown?”
“Yes. I went there last summer to take the summer session.”
“What did you learn there?”
（成绩单上不是写得很清楚嘛。。。）“I took two courses, introduction to media computing, and public speaking.”
（饶有兴趣的样子）“what did you learn in public speaking?”
（这时我已经很放松了，就和他聊聊呗～）“well, I learnt how to write persuasive speech, and how to give a good presentation….”
（笑眯眯地）“So can you tell us how to give a persuasive speech?”
（好吧，我继续跟你侃。。。）“er…you should know as many details as you can before the speech, about your opinions. and you should also get some examples that can strongly support your points….”
（笑得更欢了。。。）“well, you need to learn persuasive speech. we also need to learn that, to give a persuasive speech to attract you students to come to our school…”
（呵呵呵。。。呵呵呵。。。）

（第三个教授态度友好地发话了）“your major is microelectronics. I think there are two majors in the school of EECE that will be suitable for you. computer engineering and electronics engineering. what do you think?”
（委婉地）“actually by now I don’t know much about these two, or the major differences between them… but I think the courses I’ve taken here focus more on the circuits…”
“Oh, then we will put your name under EE. but you can also go to our website to know more details about these two majors, you don’t have to make a choice now.”（给我递了张名片）“you can email me if you have any question about that. and the results will come out in about five weeks.”
（我于是一直保持微笑，点头，thank you，点头，thank you，点头。。。）

面试终于结束了。我不禁想起了以前参加的港大和港科大的英文面试，相比之下那真的算太简单了。我还想到了复旦微电考研的专业知识英文面试，想到了惠学长找工作时那种一连一两个小时的专业知识英文面试，那些是更加更加严峻的考验吧。。。这次真的是又开眼界受锻炼了，收获挺大的。不管最后结果如何，怎么说都积累了不少经验啊，真的觉得这种机会挺难得的。：）