Mock Interviews, Wednesday, Nov 21

· The Interviews take place in the Altbau, 3^rd Floor.

· Interviews are scheduled for 25-30 minutes. Interviews simulate the real interview situation, including: introduction and saying good bye.

· Feedback after the interview for about 10-15`` (e.g., candidate leaves, the interviewers discuss briefly the candidates performance, ask her back in and take 5 minutes to give feedback).

· We interview in 3 teams of 3 professors. There will be printouts of the CVs and the first two pages of the jmp available in the offices.

· We will try to have feedback forms that you are encouraged to utilize so students have something to take home.

· Candidates should have tried their “spiel” before with their advisers.

· Anke Becker will join via Skype.

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

Mock Presentations, Wednesday, Dec 12

· The presentations take place in the Faculty Lounge.

· Presentation is about 10-15 minutes. The idea is to get feedback on the introduction/motivation

SCHEDULE

2:00 – 2:35 Antonis Kotidis

2:40 - 3:15 Dmitry Kuvshinov

Present for the talks: Lena Janys, Florian Zimmermann, Hans Martin von Gaudecker, Stephan Lauermann, Francesc Dilme, Lingwei Wu, Pavel Brendler, Tymon Tatur.

Preparation:

· Make sure to read the job market guide from the aeaweb. It has a whole section on interviews.

· Prepare for the typical questions (What is your agenda for the next years? What would you want to teach/can you teach? Why would you move to us (the US, remote place, big city, asia,…)?).

· Prepare a written version of the spiel and discuss it with your advisers.

The candidates are encouraged to record the mock interviews and their own presentation (including questions).

Next Time:

• Prepare Morning (Printouts of schedules and feedback form, clearly sorted printouts of CVs and JMPs)

  • SHK for coffee, water with glasses etc

• Ask advisers to commit to train with their students

• Clarify: Interviews can and should be recorded