PRACTICE Top 10 Postdoc Interview Questions (With Guidelines & Tips)

In this episode of Navigating Academia, Dr. Singh will be conducting a practice interview for a postdoctoral fellowship research program. Are you ready to get some practice on your postdoctoral fellowship interview? https://www.jayphoenixsingh.com

What I've done is I found some of the most commonly asked questions when it comes to postdoctoral interviews and I will be asking them one at a time. At you will see some guidelines appear on the screen and immediately after that we're going to jump right into it.

BRIEF GUIDELINES YOU SHOULD FOLLOW DURING THE INTERVIEW

- You will have 30 seconds to answer after a question has been asked
- Try to respond using no more than 3 sentences
- Speak calmly and slowly
- Match your interviewer's style

IT'S IMPORTANT YOU ALSO:

Practice doing this interview in as many contexts as possible (do it in a noisy environment, a quiet environment, around people you're comfortable with, and people maybe you've never even met before)

I really want you to get practice to be able to build these healthy habits because remember this is all about state-dependent memory! This is something where if you only practice alone in your bedroom looking in the mirror it's gonna be really uncomfortable.

If you're in a noisy environment trying to do your interview in person or remotely. I want to prepare you for every possible circumstance. I want you to watch it all the way through and practice as many times as you want to.

1. Tell me a little bit about yourself
2. Tell us about your doctoral dissertation
3. Why are you interested in this postdoctoral position?
4. What skills and experience will you bring to our department?
5. Tell us about the research that you hope to conduct when you're a postdoc (Most Important Question!)
6. What is your teaching philosophy
7. What are your long-term career goals for after the fellowship
8. Why are you the best candidate for the position? (Tough Question!)
9. What else should we know about you?
10. What questions do you have for us?

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Jay Phoenix Singh, PhD, PhD is a Fulbright Scholar, faculty at both UPenn as well as Cambridge, and the internationally award-winning Founder of the Global Institute of Forensic Research (successful 2017 exit as CEO).

Author of over 75 peer-reviewed articles and books, he completed his graduate doctoral studies in psychiatry at the University of Oxford and clinical psychology at Universitat Konstanz. He was named the youngest tenured Full Professor in Norway in 2014 and, since this time, has become the only psychology professor to have lectured for all eight Ivy League universities (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn) as well as both Oxford and Cambridge. Dr. Singh is a charismatic academic mentor and coach who uses evidence-based practices to improve the lives of academics of all levels.

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