(and yes, it should be spelled “strengths”) OneNote notebook with my recorded answers to some of the Viva questions. I later typed those answers in a summarised version, and made notes on the kinds of information and evidence I should be getting in my first re-read of the thesis to be able to answer those questions better. I have been creating different notes with the viva questions classified according to areas, and I have recorded myself answering those questions. I have decided to pick some of the viva prep questions and create a OneNote notebook, with a section called Viva Questions. Self-test: trying the Viva questions before re-reading the thesis again I have also asked some of my colleagues about the questions they had during their viva, but the experiences have been quite different, with people being asked to account for very specific word choices throughout the whole document, and others getting more general questions chapter by chapter.Ģ. I have also been working on a set of Viva questions that I have been given by the Research Excellence Team at York (I am not sure whether I can reproduce them, so I won’t, to be safe), but there are some nice similar lists online, e.g. I particularly liked this blog by Salma Patel, and the other posts linked to in that post, e.g. I decided to start my prep by reading some blogs on viva prep and viva questions.
Warning: for some of you, this may look like a bit too much (welcome to my life!), but apart from prepping properly, I really want to invest time in reviewing and thinking all this through, as I want to get four publications at least out of my thesis, and this process helps tons. I don’t know if my approach to the Viva prep will be effective (I’ll tell you once I’ve had it, in July!), but for what it’s worth, I thought I’d document some of my prep practices, and the sources I’ve also consulted in case they are useful to you. Apart from doing quite a lot of writing and reading for my RA job, I’m also prepping for my Viva at the moment.
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