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.
https://career.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2771/f/ResearchersSlidesHandlingQandA.pdf
@MCDuncanLab I love the tips for active bystanders (slide 52)
Yeah, those are also quite useful tips.
The presentation feedback form on page 9 is quite something. And nice cameo of Toni Hyman.
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.
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!