interviews, retina scans and the failings of telepathy
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Interviews, retina scans and the failings of telepathy. What I have learned on both sides of the table Hugh Murphy, NUI Maynooth. Me. Librarian since 1997 First interview panel 1999 Sat on approximately 50 panels since ...in 8 institutions ....in boom and bust. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Interviews, retina scans and the failings of telepathy...
What I have learned on both sides of the table
Hugh Murphy, NUI Maynooth
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Me...
• Librarian since 1997• First interview panel
1999• Sat on approximately 50
panels since• ...in 8 institutions• ....in boom and bust
• Have been successfully appointed
• Have been rejected
• Have made some cataclysmic howlers
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The holy grail?
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Textbook stuff
• Yes, do dress appropriately• Be polite• Be punctual• No handwritten documentation
(unless it’s expected)• Be positive• Ask a question• Be prepared to be asked for
examples• Feedback
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In practice...?
• Very few people like interviews
• They are (arguably) a necessary evil
• Every one, in every place will be different
• As such there is a random element
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Interviews are Random (?)
• How much can you prepare?
• Can you reduce the random?
• They are random for the interviewer too!
“Fail to prepare, prepare to fail”
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Appearance v reality
• Honesty?• Artifice?• The real you?• Lie?
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If you can’t be on time for the interview...
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Dress appropriately
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Acknowledge your nerves
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Be confident
• Better to ask a question than regret it later
• Speak confidently (even if it doesn't come easy)
• If you’re at the interview stage, they think you might have a shot
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Be prepared to challenge
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Contextualise the INTERVIEWContextualise the CV
• Every CV moulded to the job in question
• Helps the interviewer ask the right questions
• Every answer shows consideration of the job in question
• Helps the interviewer defend selecting you
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You have limited time: make it count
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Quick fire issues...
• Should I seek feedback
• Will I get detailed feedback
• Does it matter if I didn't go to UCD?
• Does it matter if I am not from X/Y/Z college?
• Age / gender / background an issue
• Why not?• That depends*
• No
• No
• Absolutely not
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Interviews are unfair (?)
• There is no perfect solution to determine the best candidate for the job
• The ‘best’ candidate may not get the job - you have to perform on the day
• Do everything you can to ensure that the random element is as reduced as possible for your interview
• Random is never totally eliminated so...
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Never beat yourself up after the interview
“Believe that a further shoreIs reachable from here”
Heaney, Doubletake, 1990
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Good luck!