science01
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« on: January 21, 2009, 12:55:51 PM » |
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"he arrived on campus in a police car and left
in an ambulance" -- from a story I was told about
an applicant for a 1-year faculty position.
Explanation: he was late for the interview and
drove so fast as to get stopped by police
and have his car impounded (hence the police car).
The stress of the situation then caused him to have
a panic attack (hence the ambulance).
He didn't get the job.
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jackalope
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2009, 02:24:11 PM » |
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But later I found a job elsewhere.
(When will I ever live this down?)
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tenured_feminist
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2009, 02:58:24 PM » |
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Two words: projectile vomiting.
No, not me.
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You people are not fooling me. I know exactly what occurred in that thread, and I know exactly what you all are doing. |
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scheherazade
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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2009, 03:29:28 PM » |
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Two words: projectile vomiting.
No, not me.
Was it the Chinese food, served family-style? |
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2009, 03:30:47 PM » |
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I seem to remember an old story about a visiting candidate asking the chair when her baby was due.
(The chair wasn't pregnant.)
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I think this thread is going well. Don't you think this thread is going well?
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whiteknight
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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2009, 04:07:51 PM » |
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You could have massaged your mackerel in front of the department's administrative assistant.
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fiona
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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2009, 04:20:44 PM » |
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You could have massaged your mackerel in front of the department's administrative assistant.
This definitely belongs in the Posting Hall of Fame. I don't know how to put it there, but someone, do it! The Fiona, laughing helplessly |
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The Fiona or perhaps La Fiona
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The Right Reverend Fiona, PhD, Bishop of the Fora
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2009, 04:43:02 PM » |
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You could have massaged your mackerel in front of the department's administrative assistant.
Nice one! Disturbing mental image, but still! |
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andreapsy
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2009, 05:03:56 PM » |
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An applicant to our grad program asked the chair of the admissions committee during a social gathering:
Applicant: "where are you from?"
Chair: "San Francisco"
Applicant: "not really"
Chair: Do you mean my ethnicity? My grandparents are Korean.
Applicant: Really? You look more Chinese to me.
Failed. A.
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2009, 06:56:12 PM » |
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An applicant to our grad program asked the chair of the admissions committee during a social gathering:
Applicant: "where are you from?"
Chair: "San Francisco"
Applicant: "not really"
Chair: Do you mean my ethnicity? My grandparents are Korean.
Applicant: Really? You look more Chinese to me.
Failed. A.
Stories like that always make me wonder if the applicant would ever even figure out what happened to make their unsinkable application sink. |
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« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2009, 08:48:35 PM » |
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I heard one about a candidate who burst into tears in the middle of her job talk and asked if she could start over. Not only did they let her, but she got the job. I don't recommend that, though.
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« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2009, 09:07:51 PM » |
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An applicant to our grad program asked the chair of the admissions committee during a social gathering:
Applicant: "where are you from?"
Chair: "San Francisco"
Applicant: "not really"
Chair: Do you mean my ethnicity? My grandparents are Korean.
Applicant: Really? You look more Chinese to me.
Failed. A.
Remember how we always have those threads about how expensive it is to travel to conferences for interviews, and why doesn't everyone just do phone interviews? See, there are some things that just make face-to-face contact irreplaceable. (I know, this was a grad application, not for a faculty job, but it still applies. Sometimes you need to meet people to place them.) |
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2009, 09:20:11 PM » |
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An applicant to our grad program asked the chair of the admissions committee during a social gathering:
Applicant: "where are you from?"
Chair: "San Francisco"
Applicant: "not really"
Chair: Do you mean my ethnicity? My grandparents are Korean.
Applicant: Really? You look more Chinese to me.
Failed. A.
Put in different ethnicities and I've had that conversation many times. Certainly not with anyone I was interviewing. Yikes. |
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svenc
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« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2009, 09:26:42 PM » |
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On a two-day campus visit at another institution, a colleague spent part of the night in jail with a member of the search committee (for drunk & disorderly conduct).
It's nice to bond with SC members on the interview, but not when it involves bail bonds ...
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In foris veritas.
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ssser
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2009, 09:44:40 PM » |
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On a two-day campus visit at another institution, a colleague spent part of the night in jail with a member of the search committee (for drunk & disorderly conduct).
Oh come on, you must provide more details! Even if it's just 'a friend' or 'a friend of a friend,' this one has real potential. Pretty please? |
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