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When I applied to do my DPhil at Oxford, Tony Hoare was the Professor of Computing and interviewed me. The hardest question he asked me was... "Where else did y
by jgrahamc 5y ago
When I applied to do my DPhil at Oxford, Tony Hoare was the Professor of Computing and interviewed me. The hardest question he asked me was... "Where else did you apply to do research?" and I replied "Nowhere".
I never found out if that was a good response or not.
- nextos 5y agoBut you got in!
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- kenjackson 5y agoWhat were his easy questions?
- jgrahamc 5y agoI don't remember very well but I think we might have talked about category theory and how I didn't think it was the approach I wanted to take.
- RobRivera 5y agoIt depends - but most people feel warm and fuzzy committing funds to a candidate if they know that they 'got nowhere else to go'
- julian55 5y agoHe interviewed me when I applied in the 1980s. He asked whether I what I thought of Ada which was new at the time. I was quite positive about it which was probably the wrong answer, I didn't get in.
- peteretep 5y agoI was excited to hear I was being awarded the “CAR Hoare” prize from the same institution, only to find out it was a measly £200, if we’re doing humble brags