Resources

Practicing Interviews Preparing Future Faculty Conference: Getting Ready for an Academic Career October 13, 2006 Resources on Answering and Asking Interview Questions (1) Workshop Materials from Interviewing for the Academy, presented by Tom Lehker, The Career Center, University of Michigan. Available after this conference at: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/onedayPFF.html (2) Questions you might be asked: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/interview.html (From the perspective of a humanities department at a top-tier research university) http://otal.umd.edu/%7Esies/jobquess.html (From the perspective of American Studies, History, and Architectural History) http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/academic/interviews/intvw_quest.htm (From the perspective of a research university) http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/jobsearch/interview/questions.html (From the perspective of a community college) (3) Questions you might ask: http://gradschool.about.com/cs/academicsearch/a/facint.htm http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/academic/interviews/intvw_quest.htm (From the perspective of a research university) http://www.apsanet.org/content_6843.cfm (From the American Political Science Association) (4) Other types of interviews: Phone or Conference Settings Heiberger, M.M., & Vick, J.M. (2000, December 15). Interviewing before you’re invited to campus. Chronicle of Higher Education. Available: http://chronicle.com/jobs/2000/12/2000121501c.htm Vick, J.M. (2004, June 9). Preparing for the conventions. Chronicle of Higher Education. Available: http://chronicle.com/jobs/2004/06/2004060901c.htm The Career Center, University of Michigan. Convention interviews. Available: http://www.cpp.umich.edu/students/gradservices/academic/convint.htm (5) For additional practice: The Career Center offers videotaped mock interviews. See http://www.cpp.umich.edu/students/counselingandadvising/mockinterviews.html for more information

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