What is the most beautiful place you have ever visited?, Is it better to travel by train or by plane? Why?, What is the most delicious food from your country?, Which is healthier: cooking at home or eating in a restaurant?, What is the most useful app on your phone?, Are Apple products more user-friendly than Android products?, What is the best movie you have seen this year?, Are books usually better than the movies based on them?, What is the most relaxing hobby you can think of?, Which is more fun: playing sports or watching sports?, Who is the most famous person from your country?, Is it more difficult to learn English or another language you know?, What is the worst traffic you have ever been in?, Is public transportation in your city more efficient than driving?, What is the most interesting documentary you have ever watched?, Which season is the best in your country: summer or winter?, Is it cheaper to live in a big city or a small town?, What was the happiest day of your life so far?, Which is more important for a job: a high salary or a good work environment?, What is the most amazing scientific discovery of the last century?, Is it easier to wake up early or to stay up late?, What is the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?, Which is more entertaining: listening to a podcast or listening to music?, What is the most valuable thing you own (not in terms of money)?, Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?, What is the biggest challenge facing the world today?, Which is more difficult: speaking in a foreign language or writing in it?, What is the funniest video you have seen online recently?, Is it better to have a few close friends or many acquaintances?, What is the most memorable concert or live event you have attended?, What is the most likely career path for someone with your PhD?, Do you think a job in academia is more stable or less stable than a job in industry?, What is the most valuable skill you have learned during your doctorate (besides your specific research topic)?, Is the salary for a post-doc position higher or lower in your country compared to others?, What would be the most exciting company to work for in your field?, Which is more important for getting a good job: your publication record or your networking connections?, What is the biggest challenge facing new PhD graduates today?, Do you feel more optimistic or less optimistic about your future career now than you did a year ago?, What is the best location (city or country) to work in for your area of expertise?, What is the worst part about the academic job market?, What is the fastest you have ever written a first draft of a paper?, Which journal in your field is the most difficult to get published in?, Is it better to write a little bit every day or to write in long, intensive sessions?, What was the most helpful comment you have ever received from a reviewer? What was the least helpful?, Is writing in English easier or more difficult for you now compared to when you started your PhD?, What is the biggest difference between writing a thesis and writing a journal article?, Which citation style do you think is the easiest to use (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago)?, What is the most common reason a paper is rejected in your field?, Is it more stressful to wait for reviewer comments or to revise the paper after you receive them?, Who is the best writer you know personally? What makes their writing so good?, What is the most expensive piece of equipment you use for your research?, Is it easier to get good results in a controlled lab environment or in unpredictable field conditions?, What was the longest experiment you have ever had to run?, Which is more frustrating: an experiment that fails completely or an experiment that gives confusing, unclear results?, What is the most reliable brand for lab supplies in your opinion?, Was your last fieldwork trip more successful than the one before?, What is the safest procedure you have to follow in the lab? What is the most dangerous?, Which takes longer: setting up an experiment or analyzing the data afterwards?, What is the simplest way to explain your main experiment to someone from a different field?, What is the worst weather you have ever experienced during fieldwork?, hich part of the day are you more productive: the morning or the evening?, What is the hardest thing about being a PhD student?, Is your current workload heavier or lighter than it was last year?, What is the most relaxing activity you do to forget about research for a while?, Do you feel more stressed before a big presentation or before a major deadline?, What is the best way to stay organized and manage your time?, Is it cheaper to live near the university or farther away?, What is the most common mistake that new PhD students make?, Which is more difficult: managing your time or managing your experiments?, What is the most important quality for a PhD student to have?, What was the most interesting presentation you saw at the conference?, Was the keynote speaker this year better or worse than last year's?, Which poster session was more crowded: the one on genetics or the one on ecology?, What was the most surprising research finding you heard about?, Do you think oral presentations are more effective than poster presentations?, What was the tastiest food you had during the conference dinner?, Is it easier to network at a small, specialized workshop or a large international conference?, Who was the friendliest researcher you talked to?, In your opinion, what is the most beautiful city that has ever hosted this conference?, What is the biggest challenge of presenting your own work to an international audience?, Which is more difficult for you: writing the introduction or the discussion section of a paper? Why?, What is the most useful software for your research?, Is it better to read a digital paper or a printed one?, What was the most challenging course you took in your master's program?, In your opinion, which is more important: having a large number of publications or having one very high-impact publication?, What is the biggest advantage of working in a team compared to working alone?, Is quantitative research easier or harder than qualitative research?, Who is the most influential scientist in your specific field of study?, Which is worse: getting negative feedback from a reviewer or getting no feedback at all?, What is the best piece of advice you have ever received from a supervisor?.

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