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Originally Posted by roachboy
o yeah--do the "is this person an asshole" check..sometimes it is called an "interview" but it isnt necessarily clear who is interviewing who. if you're applying to a small department that has only one person, this is real important as a small place doesnt offer you much latitude.
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I wish I had paid more attention to the Asshole Factor when I "interviewed." But I was too excited about being paid to study, I guess... 5 years down the line, too late to do much about it now (other than take on a co-chair in a different department, which is what I did). So yeah, make sure you know who you're going to work with, especially if it's a PhD program.