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Panel discussion presented by Qilin Li and Fred Oswald at the 2011 NSF ADVANCE Workshop: Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position, A Workshop for Underrepresented PhDs and Postdocs in Science, Engineering and Psychology September 18-20, 2010

Interviews are a grueling process

  • Hard for both interviewee and interviewers
    • Time, energy, interaction, evaluation on both sides
  • Department wants to know if you are right for them
  • You want to know if department is right for you

Short time frame

  • Will interact with a number of people
    • Short, intense period
  • Want to stand out — in a really positive way
  • ALWAYS BE “ON”!!!
    • Even in casual meal sessions, you are being evaluated and judged
    • Do not “let down” at any time during the process

How do you present yourself?

  • Handshake is important first impression
    • Firm, but real (really shake the hand!)
    • Not too firm — may hurt!
  • Your level of interest and information is important
    • Gather information about the department (more later)
    • Gather information about the institution (more later)

The campus visit

  • Most important step in determining whether interview becomes an offer
    • Remember that not everyone you meet will have “studied” your application
  • Allows you to interact with those who will make the offer decision
    • Varies between institutions (full professors, entire department, role of dean/provost)

Before the visit

  • Learn about the institution/department/faculty
    • Web pages are a wonderful resource, including family leave and P&T information
    • Ask colleagues who may know someone there
    • Ask for a copy of the department’s strategic plan (not having one tells you something!), the school or college’s plan, the institution’s plan
  • Agenda for your visit
    • Ask for the agenda a little before your visit
    • Prepare for those people on the agenda, but realize that agendas change, so know something about the entire department
    • If you don’t get the agenda before you arrive, that tells you something!
    • Ask for 30 minutes of preparation before your seminar
    • Ask to meet with graduate students
  • Think about what you will wear
    • Clothes should be comfortable for you (but not too informal) and make you feel like you look good
    • You will be wearing them for the entire day
    • Do not wear clothes that make you look like you are a graduate student or on a date
  • Think about what you will carry with you
    • You’ll be lugging it with you for the entire visit

Talking points

You will want to meet with graduate students to assess the quality of the program.

What happens on the visit?

  • Formal presentations: Exude confidence!
    • Departmental seminar
    • Presentation on your research plans
    • May vary among fields
  • Visits one-on-one with faculty, chair, sometimes dean or provost
    • For these shorter visits, an “elevator” speech that summarizes your work is important
      • Practice this with friends before interviewing
    • Have questions prepared to fill the time

The visit

  • Interview visits are a marathon event
    • Do your homework
      • Research area, role in the department
      • Ask Chair and others about research areas prioritized for the future
    • Ask individuals you see about their teaching, what the courses are and how the students are
      • Ask Chair about anticipated future teaching needs of the Department
  • Ask the same questions, as appropriate, of everyone on your schedule
    • Consistency or lack thereof is information
  • Ask about the promotion and tenure process and criteria
  • Ask about expectations for generating extramural research support and supporting graduate students
  • Ask about the teaching load

Questions & Answers

A golfer on a fairway is 70 m away from the green, which sits below the level of the fairway by 20 m. If the golfer hits the ball at an angle of 40° with an initial speed of 20 m/s, how close to the green does she come?
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can someone explain to me, an ignorant high school student, why the trend of the graph doesn't follow the fact that the higher frequency a sound wave is, the more power it is, hence, making me think the phons output would follow this general trend?
Joseph Reply
Nevermind i just realied that the graph is the phons output for a person with normal hearing and not just the phons output of the sound waves power, I should read the entire thing next time
Joseph
Follow up question, does anyone know where I can find a graph that accuretly depicts the actual relative "power" output of sound over its frequency instead of just humans hearing
Joseph
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Ryan
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Magreth
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Mujahid
A string is 3.00 m long with a mass of 5.00 g. The string is held taut with a tension of 500.00 N applied to the string. A pulse is sent down the string. How long does it take the pulse to travel the 3.00 m of the string?
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