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  1. Hi all, I'd like to apply for the Met's graduate internship program for the 2016-2017 session, but they still haven't updated their internship page for the coming year. Does anyone know when they usually update their site? Everything listed pertains to the 2015 program and I'd like to start figuring out to which departments I should apply since it's only 6 weeks off and the holidays throw things off. Thanks!
  2. Hi nush and Cooper! I had a lengthy interview with a Getty curator in early February--around one hour long. I have met and spoken with the curator in question several times, first when they lectured at my school last year, again at a conference in the Midwest this fall, and yet again during our interview. They are a friend of my advisor, who, while we were all at this conference together, took them to see an exhibit that I had worked on last summer at a nearby museum (which, fortunately, was very relavant to the relevant Getty internship in question!). So I think the personal connections really helped me enter into the interview round. I also told them when I met them in the fall that I would be applying to the internship and they encouraged me to do so and expressed that they were glad that they would have a face for the name! Again, I got very lucky with the personal connection. To give you some of my background, I am finishing my master's this semester in the Midwest. I have a pretty good background in museum work and have held positions at 4 different museums (3 art museums--one mid-size, with a national reputation; two smaller university museums; 1 history museum), with approximately 2-2.5 years of experience combined. I have held public outreach positions, curatorial research positions, and have also worked in interpretation. I also recently got to curate a prints rotation on my own, so that really helped bolster my credientials. In terms of academic work, I have given several conference presentations and published an article last year, as well as a short article in my current museum's journal this winter. I serve as a president of my department's graduate student association and have an ongoing leadership role in a humanitarian disaster relief training organization, too. I have a 4.0 GPA, though I'm not sure how much they care about grades and such. It seemed like they were more interested in my experience for this particular position. But who even knows... Although not all of my experience has been in the curatorial field, I think it has all helped make me a well-rounded person and I tried to express that in my application materials. For instance, I mentioned that I had experience working as both a team member and leader-- I could work well with others but also could do just fine on my own. The questions I received were mostly about my past museum work, as well as about the content of my master's thesis and of my conference presentations. I can't think of any particular questions, it was more like "So, why don't you start by telling me about your master's thesis. How did you arrive at the topic? How are you approaching it? Are you looking to take it further?" When they asked me about a particular conference paper I gave, they asked me if I would ever plan on publishing my findings. Honestly, the person I interviewed with is a very friendly and easygoing person so it went more like a relaxed conversation than a tense interview. We have similar personalities, so I think that helped. They never asked me "So, why do you want to work at the Getty?"--that's pretty obvious in the first place. It was more of what my past work has been and how I could apply that to a position in the department. Anyways, this was super long. But I hope this gives you some of a sense of my credientials and of how the interview went. I suspect it will be different for everyone. I do know that in my case it was at least partially successful because they did email me personally before I got my official rejection to let me know that I was "among the top finalists" in a "strong field." Which, of course, only made me feel slightly better with the rejection in the first place. I suppose I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and see what comes of it. if you have any other questions about my background or experience, just let me know.
  3. I heard back this morning. Apparently I was a "top finalist" in the department to which I applied but was not selected. Better luck to you all!
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