MidwesternAloha Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 How far in advance have you received your interview itineraries for program-funded travel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachypie Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Anywhere from a week to 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Anywhere from a week to 2 days. Oh Geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeruK Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I got notification of the dates about 3-6 weeks ahead of time. Usually 1 week prior, we get general information like where we are staying, what time to arrive on the first day, asking for dietary restrictions, and asking us to make choices with regards to meal options, tour options, list of names of people we'd like to talk to etc. Then the night before or the morning of your first day, we get the finalized schedule with actual names and room numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 If/when you get to the stage of job interviews, you'll realize that getting a finalized itinerary more than three days before you leave is awesome. You'll know the dates before that but not what will be happening until much closer. The same is true of graduate program interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have two out of state interviews in the same week... I just want to know who I'm meeting! Lol. I guess I'll just calm down and be thankful I have interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 You could be meeting anyone and everyone. Prepare for all of the faculty in the department, plus whomever is in a related department whose interests intersect with yours. That should keep you busy while you wait. MidwesternAloha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeruK Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 It's incredibly hard to create these itineraries. The grad students here run our department seminar series and when it's my week to create the visiting scholar's day schedule, I normally do not get everyone finalized in their time spots until the afternoon of the day before the visit! I can't imagine how much work it would to coordinate a large number of visitors at the same time!! Just another way I learned that the administrative staff are amazing! MidwesternAloha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isilya Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I think this varies widely...I got an extremely detailed minute-by-minute itinerary weeks ago for an interview that isn't happening until the end of February, but I'm less than a week out from an interview that I haven't gotten any itinerary for (I just know where I'm staying...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianocognition Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I just received the itinerary for my interview tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 I just received the itinerary for my interview tomorrow. Goodness!!! That would freak me out, not even know what flight I'm on, etc. (The department is booking it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianocognition Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Oh, I booked my own flight and I'm not spending the night there so I guess it's more of a schedule of meetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Oh, I booked my own flight and I'm not spending the night there so I guess it's more of a schedule of meetings. Oh, gotcha! For one of my interviews, they asked for a list of various flight options and said they'd let me know.... Still waiting lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vene Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Oh, gotcha! For one of my interviews, they asked for a list of various flight options and said they'd let me know.... Still waiting lol Wow, that's a little rough. When I flew out for an interview it got taken care of in a couple of days. Now, that didn't mean I knew the schedule for when I was there, but that's a different issue entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attackonthedoctor Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 How far in advance have you received your interview itineraries for program-funded travel? After I confirmed that I would go to the interview/recruitment weekend, one of my POIs emailed me the agenda from last year to give me a picture of what to expect. I'm still waiting on the finalized itinerary and agenda. Invited students were asked for top choices of faculty to talk to so I'm expecting they're playing Faculty Member Jenga for the interview slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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