A third-year postdoc asks—I just got an interview and they said it’s going to be 15 minutes long. That doesn’t seem like a lot of time, what are you supposed to focus on in an interview that short?
A 5th year graduate student asks—I'm preparing for job interviews, and I heard you have to answer “behavioral questions.” I looked them up and they’re questions like “Tell me about a time when you made a mistake.” What makes a good answer to a question like that? How do you make yourself sound like…
A postdoc asks—I'm trying to prepare for a few upcoming interviews, so I've been looking up common interview questions online. They are pretty easy to find, but there's like hundreds or thousands of questions to prepare for. What do I do if they ask me a question I didn't have time to practice yet?
A fifth-year PhD student asks—When I’m starting my job search, how do I prioritize all the different factors that matter to me? I’m worried if I am too picky, I’m not going to find anything. For example, what if I find a job that is really good professionally but isn’t located somewhere I want to…
A first-year PhD student asks—I am completely committed to finding a faculty position after finishing my Ph.D., and some of the faculty I’ve met so far have advised that the most important thing is for me to carve out a very specific scientific niche. How do I do that? Are there specific skills or…
A postdoc asks—When there are multiple required qualifications in a job posting, do you have to be a 100% fit for those qualifications? Can you still apply even if there are a few points that you do not meet?
A postdoc asks—I would appreciate tips and tricks for organizing our documents for all these applications. Do 100 applications turn into 100 separate folders? I sometimes feel that is what is necessary, but I frequently get lost in files. I want to be able to easily reference documents I’ve already…
A postdoc asks—I was looking at jobs on LinkedIn and I was really excited to apply for a synthetic biology role that seemed like a pretty perfect fit, but I saw that the posting is already 3 days old (and over 600 people have already applied). Is there any point in still sending in an application?
