Advice on 25-minute preliminary intervie

Advice on 25-minute preliminary interview From Antero, 2019-11-06

  • Do your homework on the faculty.
  • There will be 5-6 questions; time things so that they can get through them all.

Questions to expect and be ready to answer

  1. Tell us about you/your work/your current research trajectory.
    • Be ready to give a ~4-minute summary of the dissertation, accessible.
  2. Where is this taking you? What are your next steps?
  3. Tell us about your commitment to diversity and equity.
  4. Talk to us about how you view teaching and mentorship.
    • Possibly, they could ask a question about specific teaching contexts they have in mind. For example: “We have an introduction to the learning sciences course. How might you teach that?”
  5. Is there a course you’re particularly interested in teaching?
  6. Do you have any questions?
    • Need to have two good questions that will make me look good and won’t make them look bad. For example, asking about:
    • Advising relationships
    • Partnerships with schools/community
    • Interdisciplinary work….