If so, how did they end up being as an advisor during your PhD?
For context, I recently accepted a PhD position but later found out my advisor blatantly lied to me several times during the recruitment process. I don’t want to go into detail in case they see this. But I’m curious if anyone else experienced this?
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Never tell the truth when a simple lie will suffice.
Depends on what the lie is. My advisor was happy and agreeable during the interview and turned out to be largely not that.
ALL prospective students should always ask the other students in the lab what the PI and environment are like.
As an academic, it’s one of the things I always recommend to applicants, and I ask my students to keep it confidential between them.
I’ve seen way too many students get burned by just assuming that their best bet is to work with a high-profile academic without investigating what that experience will actually be like for them.