The Interview (at an R1 University) Sandra Yuter Dept. 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 audition Address: = big picture context = why your work is important = vision

Know your audience Department Chair Search Committee Faculty Grad 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) areerprep/jobsearch/interviewing.html G. Reynolds, several books N. Duarte, Slide:ology C. Atkinson, Beyond Bullet Points E. Tufte, Four books