The Interview(at an R1 University)

Sandra YuterDept. of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

North Carolina State University

20 March 2015

Preparation

Context

Your Science

Vision

Preparation for the Interview• Do homework about school, department and

faculty• Prepare plans for:–Courses you are prepared/willing to teach,

incorporation of reformed teaching–Obtaining funded research (topics, types of

proposals, agencies, collaborations)– Succeeding in research (mentoring students,

startup needs, papers)• Prepare your questions

Job Talk talk about a paper thesis presentation

conference talk

~ teaching auditionAddress: = big picture context

= why your work is important= vision

Know your audience

Department Chair

Search Committee

Faculty Faculty

FacultyGrad Students

Undergrads

Search Committee

Faculty

Passion

Practice

Sweat the Details

Practice

Nail the Performance

Adequate Time for Preparation• Homework and plan preparation ~40 hours

• Preparing a good 50 min talk from scratch takes ~40 hours

• Figure out your minutes per slide

• First 20 min – Background Context• Next 20 min – Data, Methods and Results• Last 10 min – Vision

R1 university tradeoffs compared to other venues

Resources• SERC- Preparing for an Academic Career in

the Geosciences (is relevant for all STEM) http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/careerprep/jobsearch/interviewing.html• G. Reynolds, several books N. Duarte,

Slide:ology• C. Atkinson, Beyond Bullet Points• E. Tufte, Four books