I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at CAL POLY (San Luis Obispo, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
Typical full day faculty interview. Long, grueling, filled with many meetings, a research talk (30 minutes), a teaching talk (30 minutes), meet with students, faculty, associate dean (Dean could be bothered to meet with candidates).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Research presentation flopped as the department (EE) recently divorced computer engineering.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at CAL POLY (San Luis Obispo, CA) in Feb 2024
Interview
The interviewers were nice. Had to so a 20 minutes research presentation, followed by a 25 minutes demo class. The rest were meet and greet mostly. Also they talked about potential benefits of the job.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at CAL POLY (San Luis Obispo, CA) in May 2018
Interview
phone interview consist of 10 technical questions last about 30 minutes. On-site interview last for 3 days. First day do a demo lecture for 50 minutes. Second day did a formal interview with search committee. Also, attend social events to interact with students, faculty and staff in the department. A formal interview with College Dean. Third day did a research presentations forum followed with Q&A session.
Assistant Professor applicants have rated the interview process at CAL POLY with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 82.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assistant Professor roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CAL POLY overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CAL POLY as a Assistant Professor according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 21%
Phone interview: 21%
Presentation: 21%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
Skills test: 7%
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