Academic Interview Preparation

The academic interviewing process typically has multiple steps, with initial interviews with six to ten different candidates by phone or video call. After the initial interviews, two to four candidates are invited to visit campus for several days of meetings with different groups of faculty, students and administrators. Most campus visits also require a research presentation/job talk and/or a teaching demonstration. This format is also followed in many research-intensive and teaching-intensive industries such as research policy think tanks, museums and higher education administration roles.