我在求职过程中也经历了几次电话面试，个人感觉准备充分是比较关键的，以下是我从网上搜索到的一些电话面试问题，贴出来供大家参考,希望对以后的申请者有用，
1、may I speak to XXX?
Yes, it's me. You must be Prof. XXX. How are you?
2. How about your ability to be a teaching assistant?
3. Do you have any special or excellent idea during your research
experience?
4. Did you use any English textbook in classes?
5. Will you like to study in a small but with high quality university or a
big university as Harvard?
6. Why are you going to USA not staying your homeland to study?
7. Why are you interesting in ______ University?
8. What's your hobby? What do you do in your spare time?
9. 毕业后打算干什么，愿意在什么地方？What will you plan to do in the
future?
10. 申请了多少所学校
11. How about the weather in Hefei now?
12. why pursue phd?
13. research interest
14.你认为自己性格上的strength和limitation是什么？
15. Are you sure you will come?
If I was selected by you, I will make a decision carefully before Apr
15 deadline.
16.Many Chinese students come here and make transfer to other university
or other department like CS. What do you think of this?
17. Do you have some question on me/ or on my institute?
greeting and thankness:
1.I do appreciate that you give me such a good chance to talk to you.
2. Please speak loudly for my phoneline is not clear
3. how are you? thanks for calling(结尾)
4. Sorry, i can not hear you very clearly, would you please speak a littel
more loudly?(遇到不懂的事情支吾搪塞)
5. Yeah, I know it, but I don't know how to express it in English.
6. Yes, it's me. You must be professor @. How are you?
应急:
I beg your pardon.
I have no idea of it now. Can I reply you later by email?
Sorry, I cannot hear you very clearly, would you please speak a little
more loudly?
I know how this functions, but it is hard for me to express it in
English.
Closure:
We can also keep contact by email very conveniently.
Thank you for calling. Goodbye.
Other:
I do appreciate that you give me such a good chance to talk to you."
"Thank you very much!"
" Yes, I want to. But you know I cannot go without full financial aid. "
最后祝大家好运！