tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post2554136414226144895..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: The Future of Faculty HiringLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-89497247346917361952021-06-12T08:15:45.337-05:002021-06-12T08:15:45.337-05:00I agree that the online interviews have been quite...I agree that the online interviews have been quite effective for departments - there seems to have been comparatively little loss and even something to gain wrt ease of the process.<br /><br />However, the loss for faculty candidates has been huge. Candidates are being asked to make decisions with major lifetime impact about places they have never been to in person, and about departments where they have barely had a chance to meet many people or see them at all. The few faces one can see during a Zoom talk are nothing like the interaction one can get in person. One can get little or nothing of the sense of the environment over Zoom.<br />There is never going to be enough time for second visits to make up for this because the length of time for interview season is much greater than for decision season and many institutions will need to be able to recycle offers and hence require short time-outs. With in-person interviews it can be easy for a candidate to make quick assessments that let them turn down offers at places they wouldn't seriously consider, even without second visits, which greatly improves the efficiency of decision season. Paul Beamehttps://homes.cs.washington.edu/~beame/beame.htmlnoreply@blogger.com