Category Archives: How to Interview

The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student (And how that’s killing you on the job market)
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For the next few months I will be posting the “best of the best” Professor is in blog posts on the job market, for the benefit of all those girding their loins for the 2013-2014 market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today we have … Continue reading

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For North Americans: the peculiar British interview process (A Guest Post)
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This wonderful post on the British academic interview process is written by Kean Birch, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University in Canada.  It was originally published on his blog.  He received his Ph.D. in … Continue reading

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The Baggage We Bring: An Email From A Bootcamp Client
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This email from a client, following on an Interview Bootcamp with Kellee, is an insightful articulation of the ways that anxieties, resentments, and insecurities about your work and the profession can seep into your ability to prepare for and perform … Continue reading

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How Do I Address Search Committee Members?
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I am hereby answering the question of the hour/day/year:  how should you address search committee members in an interview? You know of course that I am continually railing against job candidates acting like grad students.  And addressing search committee members … Continue reading

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How Do I Ask If There Is An Inside Candidate?
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You do not ask if there is an inside candidate. I don’t care if you strongly suspect that there is, and have good reason to believe the whole damned search is a completely pointless charade because they obviously already have … Continue reading

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Do Your Homework! A Live Report From a Job Search
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Sometimes readers send me “reports from the front” of the job searches in their departments.  Last week I got this report from a former client who wanted to tell me about how a young ABD candidate prevailed over a much … Continue reading

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The Value of the Interview Bootcamp, by Kellee
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Today’s post is by Kellee Weinhold, who shares her insights after taking over the Interview Bootcamps in November. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After a few weeks of interview bootcamps, I must admit to a bit of academic PTSD. More times than I care … Continue reading

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Preparing for Your Interviews
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Conferences have started and interviews have begun.  TPII clients are scarfing up interview invites right and left, and it’s very gratifying. Normally, I would expect to do an Interview Bootcamp with most of my clients, to prepare them for the … Continue reading

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You’re Elite, The Job is Not: How Do You Tell Them You’ll Really Stay?
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Today’s post is a Special Request Post for a reader, an ABD from an Ivy League, who wrote to ask, rather plaintively, how she might reassure a search committee for a job at a small, regional, teaching college that she … Continue reading

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How Women Can Speak Better in Public: Stop Apologizing and Get a Career
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Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy July 2012.  During that time she is re-posting older blog posts on her regular Tuesday and Thursday posting days.  She’ll recommence new postings some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Friday Post Category–Yes, You Can: … Continue reading

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