One of the things that I have found most flattering is that almost everyone we've phone interviewed or had come for a campus visit in our department has said, "you guys were one of the best departments to interview with -- you were so clear about expectations and questions, and so considerate of my needs."
Things we do: send precis about department which includes strong hints at questions we may ask to phone interviewees, provide clear schedule for campus visit, send description and pictures of classroom for teaching demo, ask about food allergies/preferences and do our best to accommodate them on campus visits (although there was the one infamous time we took NewGuy to a seafood place while he was still vegan, but that's why we ask now!), schedule in rest breaks before teaching/Dean interview where we put the candidate in someone's empty quiet office and leave them the hell alone for at least 20 minutes, provide candidate with bottle of water to have with them, arrange to have boxed dinner provided for them if we don't have time to take them to dinner before airport run.
It is still a horribly long day for everyone but we do try to take good care of them.
Which is true: even when we were totally at each other's throats behind the scenes for reasons which had nothing to do with the interviews, we were united in trying to take good care of the interviewees.
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Re: Job discussions
Date: 2013-07-18 03:27 pm (UTC)Things we do: send precis about department which includes strong hints at questions we may ask to phone interviewees, provide clear schedule for campus visit, send description and pictures of classroom for teaching demo, ask about food allergies/preferences and do our best to accommodate them on campus visits (although there was the one infamous time we took NewGuy to a seafood place while he was still vegan, but that's why we ask now!), schedule in rest breaks before teaching/Dean interview where we put the candidate in someone's empty quiet office and leave them the hell alone for at least 20 minutes, provide candidate with bottle of water to have with them, arrange to have boxed dinner provided for them if we don't have time to take them to dinner before airport run.
It is still a horribly long day for everyone but we do try to take good care of them.
Which is true: even when we were totally at each other's throats behind the scenes for reasons which had nothing to do with the interviews, we were united in trying to take good care of the interviewees.