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  • How Not to Blow an Interview
    For those venturing into interview season, we offer a roundup of great advice for putting your best foot forward. Tips for a Successful Virtual Interview - Control what you can control, and prepare to answer the most common questions. Junior Prof's Preliminary Interview Quest...
  • Q&A: How to Give a Chalk Talk
    You have a whiteboard, a marker, and an hour to convince a department to hire you.  How will you handle it? Three senior faculty who have been involved in multiple searches and seen numerous chalk talks came together to answer questions about this common interview component.  ...
  • Not that Kind of Candidate: Tales from the Interview Gauntlet
    In my last post, I discussed what you can do to prepare for your first interview, but what does the interview entail? Here, I have compiled my experiences, as well as those of my fellow tenure track academic job-seekers. As always, n=me and a few of my friends. General outline: ...
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