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Interviews, retina scans and the failings of telepathy...

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.

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Interviews, retina scans and the failings of telepathy...

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  1. Interviews, retina scans and the failings of telepathy... What I have learned on both sides of the table Hugh Murphy, NUI Maynooth

  2. 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

  3. The holy grail?

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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”

  7. Appearance v reality • Honesty? • Artifice? • The real you? • Lie?

  8. If you can’t be on time for the interview...

  9. Dress appropriately

  10. Acknowledge your nerves

  11. 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

  12. Be prepared to challenge

  13. 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

  14. You have limited time: make it count

  15. 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

  16. 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...

  17. Never beat yourself up after the interview “Believe that a further shore Is reachable from here” Heaney, Doubletake, 1990

  18. Good luck!

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