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On Campus Interviews‹ Questions to Ask | Job Search Advice.Home Page | What Not to Share › On campus, ask to meet everyone: faculty in your secondary research areas; lecturers in the program you might direct; graduate students whom you could wind up mentoring, etc.; Also try to meet with a university administrator. While most departments seem to schedule such meetings, not all of them do, and admin can offer valuable insight into the culture—and culture of writing—at an institution; they can also confirm information you hear elsewhere about starting salaries, tenure and promotion, and other extra-departmental concerns. If the interviewee expects to teach with technology, they should require a meeting with the sysad or whoever runs the labs and knows how the hardware/software works during their on-campus interview. Other faculty *may* be able to answer these questions, but it isn’t always accurate information. Also, this will help the interviewee gauge whether the sysad is a person they want to work with since they’ll likely have more interaction with him/her than anyone else on staff. And don’t be worried about asking too many technology-related questions if they’re hiring you to teach with technology. Don’t read a job talk. Talk your job talk. At the places I visited, people were very impressed that I could talk my research without having to read from a prepared talk. It showed that I was comfortable and well-versed. ‹ Questions to Ask | Job Search Advice.Home Page | What Not to Share › |