How many do they extend phone interviews to?

How many do they extend phone interviews to?

hopeful (guest) 09 Nov 2010 19:38

I'm sure it differs by position and school, but is there a ballpark number of how many are invited to phone interviews? I just got the initial call from the department head today, so it seemed inappropriate to ask, but does anyone know?

anon (guest) 09 Nov 2010 20:15

95% confidence interval? I'd say between 4 and 10.

Another Anon (guest) 09 Nov 2010 20:20

Congrats, hopeful. What area are you?

hopeful (guest) 09 Nov 2010 20:23

School/Ed Psych but with a broad background, so I have also applied to open, developmental, and some clinical.

Another Anon (guest) 09 Nov 2010 20:26

I am clinical and I have had two phone interviews thus far. The first one, they interviewed 10 ppl, which my advisor (who has been on a lot of search committees the past 30 years or so) said that was a lot. The second one, they had about 5 from what I could gather. Not sure how consistent this is for other areas, but hope this helps. Best of luck.

info on phone interviews (guest) 09 Nov 2010 21:27

At once place I had a campus interview at last year (developmental), they told me that they got almost 150 applications, did phone interviews with 12, and invited 4 to campus. They told me this once I was there for the campus interview, somewhat casually, as we were walking from one building to the next. I was glad to get the info, because like you, I wanted to know but didn't want to ask.

For the phone interview at this place, they asked a standard set of questions to every interviewee — similar to the technique described here: http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1052 They told me that they were using this technique at the beginning of the phone interview, as a heads up that the questions might ask about things I'd already addressed.

hopeful (guest) 10 Nov 2010 15:45

Thanks for all of the inputI was assuming the number was higher (20+), so I guess there's that to cling to! And thanks for the link, guestthat is really helpful. Good luck everyone!

Anons (guest) 11 Nov 2010 01:08

I was just told 6 for a place that invited 4 to campus interviews.