CS

Working in academia is a privilege. I’ve been on the (tenure track) hiring committee for computer science at Northeastern University during the past few years and wanted to share personal notes on the process. If you are on the market, I hope this helps, and of course, please consider applying to Northeastern. TLDR First, in summary: Be succinct. Reach out to people you know. Apply even if you think you are not ready. Many schools including ours now offer various forms of fellowships for scientists who are early in their career. Make your application succinct Last year, our hiring committee evaluated at least 600 applications for 7 tenure-track lines (some were joint appointments). Each application received several reviews, with the top 150 receiving at least 3. At this stage, however, the committee members I informally polled spent about 10–15 minutes to read through an application package. ...