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Interview Questions Asked

  1. How do you define these terms: technology, instructional technology, and instructional design?
  2. What do you think about the state of the field?
  3. How are you involved in the field, in terms of professional organizations and service?
  4. Describe briefly your research agenda, and how that agenda will direct your activities for your first two years as a faculty member.
  5. What research are you doing now?
  6. Describe your teaching philosophy.
  7. As you look at our curriculum, what courses would you like to teach? What are you prepared to teach?
  8. Who are some of your influences in the field? Who’s writing do you identify with or look forward to reading, and why?
  9. How do you integrate technology into the curriculum?
  10. Tell us about your experience externally funded projects, and with writing grant proposals. What potential do you have to obtain external funding?
  11. Why do you want to work here?
  12. Tell us about a course that went badly?
  13. How would you handle…

Interview questions to ask

  1. Tenure requirements. Research, teaching, service. Promotion?
  2. Teaching load. What courses. Is load reduced for first year?
  3. Research services and support?
  4. Travel?
  5. Assistants?
  6. Office of research support
  7. Computer equipment, tech support?

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  • Associate dean : logistics
  • Dept chair dept culture
  • Dept faculty culture, issues, climate
  • Search committee
  • Students