Interviewing for an Academic Job

Good Interview Questions

This website provides a list of interview questions that one academician in the field of history compiled during her own academic job search.  The questions are generally applicable to all prospective academicians though admittedly some are more relevant to those in the social sciences.  There are links to an application checklist for those in American Studies and to a document providing the author's own advice on how to handle interviews.  Last updated ca. 1998.

Avail. at URL:  http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobquess.html

Bad Answers to Interview Questions

This 2001 column from Chronicle of Higher Education provides some examples of answers you should never give to interview questions if you really want the job.  Although the article is good for a laugh, it contains a number of frequently asked interview questions.

Avail. at URL:  http://chronicle.com/jobs/2001/02/2001022302c.htm

Academic Interviews in Science and Engineering

This 2000 article from the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Next Wave is based on an evening panel discussion about interviewing for academic jobs in the sciences.  The article contains links to several useful related articles on the same topic.

Avail. at URL:  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/05/11/10