Practicing Interviews

Preparing Future Faculty Conference: Getting Ready for an Academic Career

October 13, 2006

Resources on Answering and Asking Interview Questions

(1) Workshop Materials from Interviewing for the Academy, presented by Tom Lehker, The Career
Center, University of Michigan.
Available after this conference at: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/onedayPFF.html

(2) Questions you might be asked:

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/interview.html (From the perspective of a humanities
department at a top-tier research university)

http://otal.umd.edu/%7Esies/jobquess.html (From the perspective of American Studies, History, and

Architectural History)

http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/academic/interviews/intvw_quest.htm (From the perspective

of a research university)

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/jobsearch/interview/questions.html (From the

perspective of a community college)

(3) Questions you might ask:

http://gradschool.about.com/cs/academicsearch/a/facint.htm

http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/academic/interviews/intvw_quest.htm (From the perspective

of a research university)

http://www.apsanet.org/content_6843.cfm (From the American Political Science Association)

(4) Other types of interviews: Phone or Conference Settings

Heiberger, M.M., & Vick, J.M. (2000, December 15). Interviewing before you’re invited to campus.
Chronicle of Higher Education. Available:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2000/12/2000121501c.htm

Vick, J.M. (2004, June 9). Preparing for the conventions. Chronicle of Higher Education. Available:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2004/06/2004060901c.htm

The Career Center, University of Michigan. Convention interviews. Available:

http://www.cpp.umich.edu/students/gradservices/academic/convint.htm

(5) For additional practice:

The Career Center offers videotaped mock interviews. See
http://www.cpp.umich.edu/students/counselingandadvising/mockinterviews.html for more
information

Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan