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Interview questions for faculty position?

If any of you serve on hiring committees, can you help a sister out and share some of the more commonly-asked questions when you interview people for full-time faculty positions? The only "real interview" for a faculty position that I've ever had was a phone interview with a hiring committee, and I can't remember any questions they asked off the top of my head. If it helps, I would be teaching biology and public health courses if I was hired by this particular school.

Thanks!
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These are slightly edited questions we've asked on skype for an instructor position. When you are face to face you should also feel comfortable repeating answers from one person to the next (they don't compare exact notes so it's not like it's "cheating" to re-use your good answer to professor 1 with the same question from professor 4). You'll also be surprised how many of the professors will treat this as an opportunity to talk about their favorite subject: themselves. (e.g., "you must have talked about yourself a lot, what questions do you have about ME"?)

•	Why are you interested in a faculty position (Instructor, 9 month) at the University of X?  How could this opportunity help you achieve longer-term career goals?

•	What courses would you like to teach in the XX program?  Why?

•	What are your plans to optimize your effectiveness as a teacher?

•	Since this is a 9 month teaching position, what opportunities would you want to pursue during the summer months?

•	Describe your teaching and mentoring experiences, particularly with undergraduates.  What motivates you to be a good teacher? 

There are similar questions if you would be doing research - where would you get funding from, who would you collaborate with, where do you see your program in 5 years, what experience do you have in proposal writing or project management. 

Good luck!