The process was good, professor ask about my interest in the filed, why do i want to a do a PhD in bioinformatics etc, my btech was in CS, so mainly he was more interested in knowing why am i changing the field. Then he asked me if i had any questions, i just asked him about his latest projects , grants and type of work they are doing.

They flew me out for an on-campus visit. The interview(s) consisted of casual meetings with most of the faculty and some time spent with other graduate students. I'm not sure if it was valuable to put candidates through a gauntlet-style round of 30-minute conversations covering many of the same topics when these could have been done as small group meetings, affording the time for more substantive discussions and experience on campus.