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Interview Questions Asked
- How do you define these terms: technology, instructional technology, and instructional design?
- What do you think about the state of the field?
- How are you involved in the field, in terms of professional organizations and service?
- Describe briefly your research agenda, and how that agenda will direct your activities for your first two years as a faculty member.
- What research are you doing now?
- Describe your teaching philosophy.
- As you look at our curriculum, what courses would you like to teach? What are you prepared to teach?
- Who are some of your influences in the field? Who’s writing do you identify with or look forward to reading, and why?
- How do you integrate technology into the curriculum?
- Tell us about your experience externally funded projects, and with writing grant proposals. What potential do you have to obtain external funding?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Tell us about a course that went badly?
- How would you handle…
Interview questions to ask
- Tenure requirements. Research, teaching, service. Promotion?
- Teaching load. What courses. Is load reduced for first year?
- Research services and support?
- Travel?
- Assistants?
- Office of research support
- Computer equipment, tech support?
You will interview with:
- Dean $
- Associate dean : logistics
- Dept chair dept culture
- Dept faculty culture, issues, climate
- Search committee
- Students
