Interview Strategies for Academic Jobs
How Did You Get That Job?
October 2021
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An academic job interview should send a constant message of fit with the advertised position. In this workshop, you’ll learn:
- How to prepare for interviews by researching the institution and having talking points for standard academic interview questions.
- The multiple types of “job talks" and how to match a talk expected by the search committee.
- Escape maneuvers for the social traps of interviewing.
- How to avoid “kisses of death” in the interview process that could automatically remove you from consideration.
This program does not offer CE credit.
Presenter
Guy A Boysen
A professor of psychology at McKendree University. He received his bachelor’s degree from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and his PhD from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. His scholarship emphasizes the professional development of psychology faculty, the teaching of psychology, and stigma toward mental illness. He is the author of Becoming a Psychology Professor: Your Guide to Landing the Right Academic Job and coauthor of An Evidence-based Guide for College and University Teaching: Developing the Model Teacher.
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