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1. What do you teach?

2. What percent of your time is spent on teaching, research and service?

3. What is the main point of your dissertation?

4. What specific research will you pursue if you are selected? How do you

anticipate funding it?

5. What other courses might you teach?

. Why do you want this !o"?

#. Why do you want this !o"?

$. What do you contri"ution to the department that is not already well covered

"y the faculty

%. What is the "est idea you ever had?

1&. Why are you interested in leaving your current assignment and why do

you feel that this assignment would "e "etter for you?

11. 'escri"e the duties of your current !o".

12. (n what professional development activities have you "een involved over

the past few years?

13. What are your current research interests?

14. )n the "asis of the information you have received so far, what do you see

as the ma!or challenges of this position and how would you meet them?

15. Why did you choose this profession*field?

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2$. Where do you plan to "e in your teaching and research in five years?

2%. What changes would you have made to your dissertation or your post

doctoral wor+, "ased on the e0perience you may have gained, if you were to

"egin again?

3&. What contri"ution does your dissertation ma+e to the field?

31. an you summarie the contri"ution you would ma+e to our department?

32. What do you see as your greatest accomplishment to in your career to

date? What shortcomings have you dealt with?

33. What is the most useful criticism you have received?

34. What s+ills do you have that ma+e you the "est candidate for this

position? (nclude any special training you have had onthe!o", college,

continuing education, seminars, reading, etc. and related wor+ e0perience.

35. You should be prepared to discuss the courses you are prepared to teach and

your plans for developing a research program

36. very detailed plan for the next 5 years of my research career

37. Be honest, and show how happy you are to have the opportunity to interview

3. prepared to fail, but ready to learn from it

3!. "ressing professionally can be #ey to feeling together and confident.

$%. &'hy don(t ) loo# at this as an opportunity to learn about what they do.&

$*. Be yourself+ You don(t want to try to fit their mold if it is not you.

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$. -mile and be enthusiastic.... al# to the students and find out what they thin# the

department wea#nesses are

$3. /ractice, practice, practice. 0a#e sure you are within time limit. Big, easily

readable slides from far away. 1lear photos. "on(t use a lot of text. "on(t read your

tal#. "on(t apologi2e for slides. m, um, um don(t stutter,

$$. "on(t ta#e a re4ection personally