{"id":573892390,"date":"2020-07-16T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573892390"},"modified":"2020-07-18T00:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T04:53:36","slug":"one-over-long-note-on-the-interview-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/07\/16\/one-over-long-note-on-the-interview-process\/","title":{"rendered":"One over-long note on the interview process"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received an email a few weeks ago about a scientist doing a massive study on distance learning. I emailed the guy and said, I’d like to talk with you about this when the study gets to an appropriate point.<\/em> And so we set a date when he was ready to talk about his findings. <\/p>\n

That was today. And my first question was, how do you clear IRB, coordinate research from something like half a dozen universities in multiple states and get several co-authors to all pull their weight between when you started this in April and today?<\/p>\n

Actually, my first question was, “What’s the difference between distance learning and distance education?” This was a pleasant surprise for him, and you could here it, because he realized this person might be willing to listen<\/strong> to the details.<\/em> There are a handful of ways to get on the right side of the conversation. One of the easiest is to show you’re going to let the person do their thing. If you demonstrate to a scientist that you’re going to let him roam through nuanced terminology that is still a minor debate among his colleagues, he knows what you’re there for. <\/p>\n

It’s sometimes helpful in getting the good answers.<\/p>\n