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A few weeks ago, I was having lunch in a campus-area dining spot, and was sitting near a group of undergrads who were having lunch together...

In Scientopia today, I present and discuss a reader's question about what a search committee can and can't consider in deciding wh...

Reminder: Don't forget to send in your entry for The Cover Letter contest ! There are some great ones so far, but I am sure there are m...

In a semi-recent conversation with a colleague from another university, I asked him about the results of a search that was conducted in his...

Today in Scientopia , I discuss Why Some Faculty Searches Fail .

Here is what I have learned so far from the comments in my recent Scientopia post about What To Wear for an interview for a faculty positio...

Last week in The Chronicle of Higher Education , there was an advice column that provided a how-to guide to writing a cover letter for appli...

Some institutions of higher learning use the Phone Interview for an initial screening of candidates on the medium short list (for various po...

There have been several requests lately for a post on interviewing at or visiting grad schools as a prospective student, along the lines of ...

What is the most important part of the interview? The talk? The meeting with the chair and/or hiring committee and/or dean? The individual m...

Here are some more random thoughts about interviewing for a faculty position, based on questions from readers. I was hoping for some really ...

When interviewing for a faculty position, when do you bring up the issue of $$$? Do you bring up the issue of $$$? In every interview I hav...

It is the season of Interviews in academia. Some of my former students and postdocs are on the interview trail (some with success already; ...

This post is related to yesterday's and takes into account some recurring themes in the comments. When applying for an academic position...

Recently, various people have asked me -- in person or by email -- about what to include or not include in an interview talk (or talks) in t...

Some of the comments on the last post bring up interesting related points: whether an interviewee is ‘serious’ about a position, and the rol...

What do you think about the scenario of an interviewee being accompanied by a spouse or significant other to an interview for a faculty posi...

Earlier today, my husband encountered the chair of a department at a large private university. This chair said that he had heard that my hus...

I don't want to stress out anyone who is going through faculty job interviews, but I've seen a number of interview talks lately, and...

Today I was perusing the recent issue of Physics Today , and read with interest a feature article on "Hunting for jobs at liberals arts...