First-Round Job Interviews in Academia

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2020
  • Important advice on #academic #interviews.
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Комментарии • 68

  • @jonokadevelopmentsolutions6022
    @jonokadevelopmentsolutions6022 Год назад +6

    Tom, thank you for this. You may not believe this, but this is the very first time i have watched a youtube video and felt inspired to leave a comment - i just want to thank you for the clarity, simplicity and beautiful presentation. Halfway in the video, i could not help thinking, I like this man. By the time i finished, I pronounced - infact i love this man. Thank you sir!

  • @nashride
    @nashride 2 года назад +8

    Very refreshing approach! And loved the insha'Allah :) thanks for uploading!

  • @elysegambino1597
    @elysegambino1597 3 года назад

    This is exactly what I needed. Thank you!

  • @cindicita34
    @cindicita34 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for these excellent tips!

  • @SK-vs8us
    @SK-vs8us 3 года назад

    This is great. I love your first book, too, Dr. Mullaney

  • @anatmendel4025
    @anatmendel4025 3 года назад

    Very helpful, thank you so much! I've taken notes and saving the link for future re-watching.

  • @shuangfrost4251
    @shuangfrost4251 3 года назад +3

    Thank you Tom! Those are really helpful insights! Really enjoyed watching your uploads!

  • @diseno2040
    @diseno2040 Год назад

    Fantastic video Tom, thanks for sharing

  • @jinhuiwu9057
    @jinhuiwu9057 3 года назад +3

    This is so helpful. Thank you so much Dr. Mullaney.

  • @nka6226
    @nka6226 Год назад

    You are amazing. So sensible, clear, helpful and insightful. Thank you. I bet your research, writing, teaching and advising are EXCELLENT. Can't thank you enough.

  • @yangdai1376
    @yangdai1376 3 года назад +3

    I really enjoyed the imagery language in the video. Thank you, Professor Tom.

  • @yogeshsinha4032
    @yogeshsinha4032 2 года назад +2

    Hey Tom, what you said, in the end, is just perfect. Many on the interview board try to go overboard in impressing their seniors.

  • @finaltheorygames1781
    @finaltheorygames1781 3 года назад

    This makes total sense. and I totally understand.

  • @mariodegrandis6036
    @mariodegrandis6036 3 года назад

    Great, very helpful! Thank you

  • @studios77
    @studios77 3 года назад +1

    Great video! Thanks

  • @mayastiller
    @mayastiller 3 года назад +17

    very helpful but I find the background music a bit annoying...

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  3 года назад +1

      Maya Stiller Thank you for this. I’ll fix that in the future!

    • @mattprater8828
      @mattprater8828 3 года назад +2

      @@tsmullaney I liked the background music, but it was a bit distracting :) I would suggest making it a bit quieter relative to your voice. Excellent video.

    • @GashayeMelaku
      @GashayeMelaku 2 года назад

      Very helpful 👌 will come back when I am on the market. Thanks!

  • @ammarsal
    @ammarsal 7 месяцев назад +3

    InshaAllah - It definitely is unforgettable getable! Awesome.

  •  2 года назад +1

    So helpful and clever!

  • @bb2680
    @bb2680 Год назад +5

    Dear Tom, these days interviewers are not simply asking about the courses we might introduce. But also want to know the readings we will be using. To be sure SLACs are more fond of asking this question. Can you please make a video of how to prepare for this question and how to balance the course description with the actual readings? how do we structure a concise response for such a question, surely one can't spell out fifteen weeks' worth of readings! But then how do you mention the readings, what choices should you make in naming the readings, and how should you refer to the title of the readings (I am confused about scripting this kind of answer because hey, I did master telling committees short descriptions of courses, but telling them readings is what I didn't expect in a 25 min interview. Can you please simplify and help structure the response for it in your next videos? I would be so grateful.

  • @bb2680
    @bb2680 Год назад

    Excellent insight!

  • @testxy5555
    @testxy5555 Год назад

    thank you for this video. Very helpful to have these perspectives and definitely true based on my own interview experience, sometimes the grad students asked really hard yet good questions 😅

  • @yaliling5356
    @yaliling5356 2 месяца назад +1

    Tom🎉Thanks a lot!

  • @weilai.linguistics
    @weilai.linguistics 2 года назад

    Thank you so much!

  • @travisseifman9731
    @travisseifman9731 3 года назад +3

    This will be an excellent resource. I'm going to save it and come back to it when I'm back on the market again. Thank you so much.

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  3 года назад

      This is great to hear. I'm so glad it's useful.

  • @xinyu163
    @xinyu163 3 года назад +15

    These tips are so helpful! Will definitely rewatch this video many times in the future. I especially like the one about preparing different sorts of anecdotes so that in every possible situation we can respond to questions with composure.

  • @RanjodhSinghDhaliwal
    @RanjodhSinghDhaliwal 3 года назад +2

    This is really helpful. Thank you so much!!!

  • @xiaoronggu8502
    @xiaoronggu8502 3 года назад +8

    Thank you so much for the wonderful tips from the perspective of interviewers. I am just wondering if you could clarify what you mean by preparing "anecdotes" to make the process memorable. Do you mean that we describe our research through narratives? Or using humor? Sometimes I worry that too much informality makes me sound not serious enough. Thanks!

  • @YuxiWang-tq7ek
    @YuxiWang-tq7ek Месяц назад

    thank you!

  • @delgadinapinar
    @delgadinapinar 2 года назад

    Thank you. Your last comment was spot on. In my recent doctoral defense the junior sensei grilled me without reading my thesis, while others were kind.. I did not understand why. This video opened my eyes.

    • @batmanonholiday4477
      @batmanonholiday4477 8 месяцев назад

      damn, absolutely, how to deal with this? I am preparing for a job interview tomorrow and worried about these hungry and insecure types who would want to reinforce their position at my expense. I guess, first thing would be to compliment them for their amazingly smart question, so they feel reassured, and then try to figure something out... but then if they continue to grill?

  • @zaiha82
    @zaiha82 2 года назад

    OMG !!! I have an interview soon and I have the last slot in the day. This video was sooo helpful. Thank you so much

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  2 года назад

      Go get ‘em!! So glad this video was helpful

  • @webapprequiringsign_in3406
    @webapprequiringsign_in3406 2 года назад +1

    Very fantastic perspective. And you're funny without even trying lol...

  • @ManuelRelativista
    @ManuelRelativista 2 года назад +1

    Excellent video. It gave me a lot of hints for my postdoc job talk, next week. Thank you.

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  2 года назад

      How did it go?

    • @ManuelRelativista
      @ManuelRelativista 2 года назад

      ​@@tsmullaney I think it was good! but I am still waiting news from the university -I guess the recruitment process still does not finish. In any case, I presented my talk considering most facts that you mention in this video. The most significant strategy that I adopted (and made smile some professors in the committee), was to include photos of mine dancing tango and playing board games, and connecting those hobbies with 3 key aspects of my research philosophy, as an elevator pitch.

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 2 года назад

      @@ManuelRelativista Why are you telling is that you failed high school? ;-)

  • @oluremiabayomi5924
    @oluremiabayomi5924 2 года назад

    It’s great

  • @mustafashamsi6426
    @mustafashamsi6426 Год назад +2

    15:07 Dude Saying Inshallah was the best part

    • @KhardiataBa
      @KhardiataBa 10 месяцев назад

      Definitely!!!! 😊

  • @classic7577
    @classic7577 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for the information. Very helpful but music is too loud

  • @ladankhaksar4889
    @ladankhaksar4889 2 года назад

    Really helpful and right to the point 👌

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  2 года назад

      Getting to the point is a major challenge for me, so thanks! I tend to go on and on and on! Chipping away at that habit slowly :)

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  2 года назад

      By the way I am starting up a new subset of the channel that something like an academic mentorship network. Not sure if you might be interested in learning more but let me know

  • @finaltheorygames1781
    @finaltheorygames1781 3 года назад

    Actually this is a very transparent video because this is typically exactly what its like.

  • @joesmith9980
    @joesmith9980 2 года назад +4

    The background music is horrible. It would be better if there is no background music.

  • @maddalenapoli5704
    @maddalenapoli5704 3 года назад +13

    how about some tips on interview on zoom, where the presence factor (body language too) is drastically reduced?

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  3 года назад +2

      Great idea

    • @officehourswithjuanmanuel2473
      @officehourswithjuanmanuel2473 2 года назад

      I had not known about Tom's channel until just this minute, but here's this episode that I just created about Zoom interviews if it still helpful!

  • @brunomazuquin4166
    @brunomazuquin4166 3 года назад +9

    Nice video, just a small point. I was a little bit distracted with the background music, I think the volume could be lower, it is repetitive and I started to get annoyed with it

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  3 года назад

      Bruno Mazuquin This is helpful feedback thank you. It’s hard to judge in my headphones when editing so I’ll lower it next vid. Appreciate it!

    • @KhardiataBa
      @KhardiataBa 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@tsmullaneyor you can simple put the video without any background music.

  • @timothypage8147
    @timothypage8147 Год назад +1

    Why is there music in the background?

  • @greatpariscars
    @greatpariscars Месяц назад

    How do we turn off the Tijuana band in the background?

  • @bridgetmartin4946
    @bridgetmartin4946 2 года назад +4

    Please turn down the background music, 😢 It's stressful.

  • @vmasci1212
    @vmasci1212 2 года назад

    Can you interview for me? You are amazing! Thanks for the tips.

    • @tsmullaney
      @tsmullaney  2 года назад

      How kind thank you!

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 2 года назад

      Why would anybody want to hire you if you want your Mom to do the interview for you? Kid, you need to grow up. ;-)

  • @lauramora5692
    @lauramora5692 3 года назад +1

    Inshallah :-)

  • @schmetterling4477
    @schmetterling4477 2 года назад +1

    Another person who likes to exploit your anxiety over the interview process. There are only two rules. 1) Only apply for job descriptions that you can actually do. 2) Be brutally honest about your skills. Never pretend. I interviewed exactly seven times in my life. I got the job every single time. :-)