I am a postdoctoral researcher studying retinal diseases and was recently awarded a career transition grant to start my own lab [1]. My search for a faculty position was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. I started sending out applications in January 2020, and found out in March that my planned interviews across several US states coincided with campus closures. The interviews were postponed indefinitely.
I reached out to four potential employers, and we agreed to conduct online interviews. Conducting a full-day interview online was new both to me and to the interviewers, but over the past eight weeks, I’ve got lots of hands-on experience. Here’s what I learnt…
Click here to read the article, for top tips from Abdelrahman Y. Fouda on Nature Careers [2]