I know that people are often wondering what they might get asked during an interview. I've found a couple decent sources, and would love to hear of others. Maybe this thread could be a place to collect these resources?
First off, there's this list, which is HUGE:
http://www.geocities.com/aer_mcr/libjob/interview.htmlSecond, on the blog
Quiddle, Heidi Dolamore chronicled the questions she was asked during interviews for both public and academic librarian positions. Check out the posts from September 2005 - April 2006. I found these particularly helpful because they were *real*, and came with some context.
However, while we're on the subject, I think Heidi also makes a really good point
not to rely too heavily on these types of lists:
Quote:My advice? Don't try to anticipate the questions and prepare answers for different scenarios. Just prepare really good answers and pick and choose from them as appropriate.
I made the mistake of preparing for particular questions once. Really, it's not too hard. I find that most libraries ask the same types of questions. But this time, they threw something at me that I hadn't expected. I was completely flustered and flubbed the question. I just couldn't figure out what the question meant. It was a telephone interview, so there wasn't any opportunity to read body language, and any back and forth clarification just became awkward. But I think what really killed me on this one is that I'd spent so much time preparing for every possible question that when they came up with one I hadn't planned on, I couldn't think quickly enough to respond on the fly. Fortunately, libraries tend to be a little forgiving, and I still got the job. But I learned my lesson.
