In depth talk about the candidate's research interests, academic plans and future perspectives. Much time was devoted to the overall presentation of the program, with the possibility on the interviewee's side to get to know how lectures/seminars are structured, how teaching and other works assignments work and, more generally, what are the requirements of the doctoral program.

Interview with three committee members, being asked general questions including why phd, why at columbia, what are my research interests. They were nice and gentle, felt like I did it well but finally rejected after 2weeks of the interview.