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I have been recently offered an interview call for my dream job - Asst. Professor (above lecturer grade, but below Assoc Prof/Reader grade in the UK) in a newly founded research group at a mid-tier UK university.

I have just finished my PhD last month (Mar 2019) from a top-tier (Oxbridge) university in the UK and had applied for the position without really expecting an interview call. At the start of the interview, I am asked to deliver a 10 minute presentation titled "Your 3-year plan to become an independent academic"

My current problem is that this interview is scheduled immediately (in less than 2 days time), and this doesn't give me sufficient time to contact my former PhD supervisor(s) for their valuable advice.

I have zero post-doc experience as an independent researcher. My questions are:

• How deeply technical should I go in the presentation slides for such an opportunity? (are any equations/journal citations expected?)
• Should I have identified specific research methodologies, potentially leading to the PhD title for the students I shall be supervising?
• Is it appropriate to be more modest and aim to only co-supervise (rather than be primary supervisor for) the first PhD student?
• Is an individual year-wise breakdown/Gantt chart expected at such faculty interviews?
• Should I identify the grants that I shall be applying to (in particular, the specific EPSRC schemes that exist for early career researchers)?
• Are there any other aspects that I may have completely missed here?

I am really sorry to be naive in asking a lot of questions here. This faculty position is in the exact same area as my PhD (in energy engineering/alternative fuels) and I'd like to give it my best.

I have been recently offered an interview call for my dream job - Asst. Professor (above lecturer grade, but below Assoc Prof/Reader grade in the UK) in a newly founded research group at a mid-tier UK university.

I have just finished my PhD last month (Mar 2019) from a top-tier (Oxbridge) university in the UK and had applied for this position without really expecting an interview call. At the start of the interview, I am asked to deliver a 10 minute presentation titled "Your 3-year plan to become an independent academic"

My current problem is that this interview is scheduled immediately (within 2 days), and this doesn't give me sufficient time to contact my former PhD supervisor(s) for their valuable advice.

I have zero post-doc experience as an independent researcher. My questions are:

• How deeply technical should I go in the presentation slides for such an opportunity? (i.e. are details at the equation-level required and journal citations expected?)
• Should I have identified specific research methodologies, potentially leading to the PhD title for the students I shall be supervising?
• Is it appropriate to be more modest and aim to only co-supervise (rather than be primary supervisor for) my first PhD student?
• Is an individual year-wise breakdown/Gantt chart expected at such faculty interviews?
• Should I identify the grants that I shall be applying to (in particular, the specific EPSRC schemes that exist for early career researchers)?
• Are there any other aspects that I may have completely missed here?

I am really sorry to be naive in asking a lot of questions here. This faculty position is in the exact same area as my PhD (in energy engineering/alternative fuels) and I'd like to give it my best.

I have been recently offered an interview call for my dream job - Asst. Professor (above lecturer, but below Assoc Prof/Reader in the UK) at a newly founded research group at a mid-tier UK university.

I just completed my PhD last month (Mar 2019) from a top-tier (Oxbridge) university and had applied for the position without really expecting an interview call. I have been asked to prepare a 10 minute presentation titled "Your 3 year plan to become an independent academic"

The problem is that the interview is scheduled immediately (in less than 2 days), and this doesn't give me enough time to contact my former PhD supervisor(s) and ask them for their valuable time/advice.

I have zero post-doc experience as an independent researcher. My questions are:

• How deeply technical should I go in the slides for such an opportunity? (Any equations/journal citations are expected?)
• Should I have identified specific research methodologies, potentially leading to the PhD title for the PhD students I am supposed to supervise
• Is it more appropriate to be modest and put in the slides to aim to just co-supervise (rather than be primary supervisor for) PhD student
• Is an individual year-wise breakdown/Gantt chart expected at such faculty interviews?
• Should I identify the grants that I shall be applying to? (In particular, what specific EPSRC programmes exist for early career researchers?)
• Any other aspect that I may have completely missed?

I am really sorry to be naive and asking a ton of questions here. The faculty position is in exactly the same area as my PhD (in energy engineering/alternative fuels) and I'd like to give it my very best.

I have been recently offered an interview call for my dream job - Asst. Professor (above lecturer grade, but below Assoc Prof/Reader grade in the UK) in a newly founded research group at a mid-tier UK university.

I have just finished my PhD last month (Mar 2019) from a top-tier (Oxbridge) university in the UK and had applied for the position without really expecting an interview call. At the start of the interview, I am asked to deliver a 10 minute presentation titled "Your 3-year plan to become an independent academic"

My current problem is that this interview is scheduled immediately (in less than 2 days time), and this doesn't give me sufficient time to contact my former PhD supervisor(s) for their valuable advice.

I have zero post-doc experience as an independent researcher. My questions are:

• How deeply technical should I go in the presentation slides for such an opportunity? (are any equations/journal citations expected?)
• Should I have identified specific research methodologies, potentially leading to the PhD title for the students I shall be supervising?
• Is it appropriate to be more modest and aim to only co-supervise (rather than be primary supervisor for) the first PhD student?
• Is an individual year-wise breakdown/Gantt chart expected at such faculty interviews?
• Should I identify the grants that I shall be applying to (in particular, the specific EPSRC schemes that exist for early career researchers)?
• Are there any other aspects that I may have completely missed here?

I am really sorry to be naive in asking a lot of questions here. This faculty position is in the exact same area as my PhD (in energy engineering/alternative fuels) and I'd like to give it my best.

I have been recently offered an interview call for my dream job - Asst. Professor (above lecturer, but below Assoc Prof/Reader in the UK) at a newly founded research group at a mid-tier UK university.

I just completed my PhD last month (Mar 2019) from top-tier (Oxbridge) university and had applied for the position without really expecting an interview call. I have been asked to prepare a 10 minute presentation titled "Your 3 year plan to become an independent academic"

The problem is that the interview is scheduled immediately (in less than 2 days), and this doesn't give me enough time to contact my former PhD supervisor(s) and ask them for their valuable time/advice.

I have zero post-doc experience as an independent researcher. My questions are:

• How deeply technical should I go in the slides for such an opportunity? (Any equations/journal citations are expected?)
• Should I have identified specific research methodologies, potentially leading to the PhD title for the PhD students I am supposed to supervise
• Is it more appropriate to be modest and put in the slides to aim to just co-supervise (rather than be primary supervisor for) PhD student
• Is an individual year-wise breakdown/Gantt chart expected at such faculty interviews?
• Should I identify the grants that I shall be applying to? (In particular, what specific EPSRC programmes exist for early career researchers?)
• Any other aspect that I may have completely missed?

I am really sorry to be naive and asking a ton of questions here. The faculty position is in exactly the same area as my PhD (in energy engineering/alternative fuels) and I'd like to give it my very best.

I have been recently offered an interview call for my dream job - Asst. Professor (above lecturer, but below Assoc Prof/Reader in the UK) at a newly founded research group at a mid-tier UK university.

I just completed my PhD last month (Mar 2019) from a top-tier (Oxbridge) university and had applied for the position without really expecting an interview call. I have been asked to prepare a 10 minute presentation titled "Your 3 year plan to become an independent academic"

The problem is that the interview is scheduled immediately (in less than 2 days), and this doesn't give me enough time to contact my former PhD supervisor(s) and ask them for their valuable time/advice.

I have zero post-doc experience as an independent researcher. My questions are:

• How deeply technical should I go in the slides for such an opportunity? (Any equations/journal citations are expected?)
• Should I have identified specific research methodologies, potentially leading to the PhD title for the PhD students I am supposed to supervise
• Is it more appropriate to be modest and put in the slides to aim to just co-supervise (rather than be primary supervisor for) PhD student
• Is an individual year-wise breakdown/Gantt chart expected at such faculty interviews?
• Should I identify the grants that I shall be applying to? (In particular, what specific EPSRC programmes exist for early career researchers?)
• Any other aspect that I may have completely missed?

I am really sorry to be naive and asking a ton of questions here. The faculty position is in exactly the same area as my PhD (in energy engineering/alternative fuels) and I'd like to give it my very best.