Interview Structure & Questions

 

Research Institution Questions

Tell me about your job market paper! – 5 min elevator speech

What about your other research papers? – on your CV or website

What does your research pipeline look like for the next 5 years?

Where do you plan to publish?

How does your research agenda fit with ours?

 

Teaching Institution Questions

How do you engage with students that aren’t motivated?

A time where your lesson plan did not go well, and how you recovered?

A time you used a current event in class?

The types of courses you’d like to design and teach?

 

General Questions

How do you work on a team?

What is something you don’t have on your CV?

Type of service you did during your time in grad school?

 

Questions You Can Ask

What does your research schedule look like?

How does it feel living in this city?

 

General Tips