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MCDuncanLab

We're entering peak faculty interview season in my field.

One of the most common ways a candidate is derailed during the interview is not deflecting aggressive questioning during the seminar or chalk talk.

Although this may be a sign to run, the questioner might not even be a part of the interviewing department.

To prepare, I suggest this amazing guide on how to deal with derailing questions during a talk from
UCSF.

career.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/

@MCDuncanLab I love the tips for active bystanders (slide 52) 🤩

@davidjamesweir

Yeah, those are also quite useful tips.

@MCDuncanLab

The presentation feedback form on page 9 is quite something. And nice cameo of Toni Hyman.

@albertcardona

Yeah those are great. Particularly where it asked the viewer to rephrase the main point. It'll really show the presenter if they were unclear.

@MCDuncanLab Wow, those are so great! I am horrified to see guidance specifically for situations when someone corrects pronunciation or grammar. What kind of a sphincter would do that to a young researcher giving a job talk?

I will defo share this with my lab.

@ergative

Yeah-I hope that doesn't happen unless it's a friendly joust about whether the buffer HEPES is pronounced Heaps or HEEPEES (this is an inside joke from a thread earlier today).

@MCDuncanLab What an amazing resource. Great slides and content, thank you for sharing!

@MCDuncanLab Thank you for sharing this! I’m going to use this in prepping my research mentees!