naanmousse
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« on: March 18, 2008, 07:37:28 PM » |
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I had a campus interview at my dream job yesterday. The day started with a meeting with the entire SC, then lunch with SC. One SC member, who asked no questions during the meeting and seemed a bit "prickly" in conversation with me during the meeting, disappeared without explanation when it was time to go to lunch. Hu also did not appear for my job talk, or for the follow-up meeting later.
Does hu dislike me or something, or could it be that he had a schedule conflict and is just not the type to notify me that he would not be able to participate in most of the interview activities? I felt the interview and talk went well and that hu's inexplicable behavior was the only bad part of the day.
I have to wonder how hu can fairly judge me if he skipped my talk and didn't participate in the interview?
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larryc
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Eschew the hu.
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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 07:58:37 PM » |
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You can't know what was wrong with the guy, let it go. And it is not unusual for one or two members of a department to miss a job talk.
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dapperpoet
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 08:59:36 AM » |
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Um, although it's difficult to understand if you've never been the... victim... of multiple searches in the department at the same time, been teaching, writing, picking the kids up at school, paying the bills, advising students, AND had your free time taken up by having lunch or breakfast with people when you just don't really care about the search, the committee has more or less indicated they like or don't like you, or there's an inside candidate. By the way, I don't need to spend hours with you finding out whether you know what you're talking about, or whether I think we can work together. I can usually do that in a 30 or 40 minute lunch where I ask you about your work.
And, at the last, attributing motives to someone you don't know is a very dangerous business. Where I work, we have folks dealing with personal health issues, addiction issues, a dying mother, small children, divorce, and on and on. To think that this person is rude might be a big leap.
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"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." Hermann Goering
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sugaree
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 11:16:51 AM » |
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There is a big difference between the confusing behavior (to you) of a single SC or dept. member you encounter during a campus visit, vs. many many (or all) disengaged SC and dept. members and a general poor vibe you get from a campus visit. Your OP sounds like the former and, as such, I would not obsess over it. Other posters here are correct - you can't possibly know what was going on with this individual and thus cannot possibly expect to interpret it. It may be hard to stop focusing on the "one bad part" (as you put it), but you should do so. Concentrate on all the things that went well and be cautiously hopeful that you will hear positive news soon.
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where's the bourbon?
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ruralguy
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 02:01:39 PM » |
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There are a lot of prickly academics out there, and some are even more prickly when they like you!
I wouldn't sweat it...even if somehow this was a guaranteed "no" vote for you (which I seriously doubt), you have to keep in mind that many people make this decision together.
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nocalprof
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 09:58:47 PM » |
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maybe his hemorrhoids were acting up
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naanmousse
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 10:10:04 PM » |
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Thanks...some good advice here. It was hard not to speculate at first, right after the interview, but now I've moved on to preparing for my next campus interview, and keeping busy other ways.
Nocalprof, why do you assume hu is a he? Because, you see, hu might be a she.
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wherefromher
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2008, 11:09:52 PM » |
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Nocalprof, why do you assume hu is a he? Because, you see, hu might be a she.
Perhaps because you switched from hu to he more than once on your original post?
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mended_drum
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2008, 11:49:21 AM » |
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larryc is right as usual. You can't know what, if anything, was wrong. Maybe he or she was about to vomit on your shoes and fled. Don't worry about it.
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nocalprof
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« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2008, 09:27:14 AM » |
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Nocalprof, why do you assume hu is a he? Because, you see, hu might be a she.
Maybe her hemorrhoids were acting up. Maybe yours are too. |
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