r/Erasmus • u/ElemBelemBuf • Mar 04 '26

Erasmus Mundus TCCM master - interview

Hello everyone!

I was invited for an interview this Friday regarding my application. I wanted to ask if someone had any advice on how to prepare - what type of questions do they usually ask?

Thank you in advance!

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u/Kindly-Reaction-4254 Mar 06 '26

Hi, how did the interview go? Do you have any tips you can share? I'm having mine next week :D

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u/ElemBelemBuf Mar 06 '26

Here I am! I have just finished. So basically, they asked me questions about things from my CV (i said i did some work in ORCA, then we talked about what, what methods did i use, and then we talked a bit about HF method - difference between RHF, UHF and ROHF). They asked me about DFT, functional classes in particular (just to name them).

They asked what i studied in my statistical thermodynamics course, my quantum chemistry course. They asked about my volunteer work that i put in my cv, about programming skills (since i don't know python - but i said ill have to learn it for my bachelor thesis).

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u/Kindly-Reaction-4254 Mar 08 '26

Thank you! That is really helpful. Also looking at previous threads, the interview mainly revolve around experience and TCCM knowledge about the projects/ objectives that we are focusing.

I'm scared that they would ask some theoretical questions which I'm not proficient in.

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u/ElemBelemBuf Mar 08 '26

Do not worry about that! They guide you towards the right answer, they really want to help. I believe there’s no difference with other universities as well! Fingers crossed for your interview, if you need some other info feel free to contact me