I’m sitting in the St. John’s airport mulling over the past few days. Reflecting upon what can only be called a marathon of an interview. I’m trying not to do too much of a post-mortem on the whole interview. I’m sure I made a faux pas or too, but hopefully mt shining moments were bright enough to blind them to the mistakes.
It’s quite an experience. This was the first academic interveiw that I had been on. Before this all interviews I’ve had last a couple hours at the longest. This was a full two day affair. I met senior adminsitrative faculty, virtually everybody in the department. Dispite how overwhelming it was, I felt very positive about the whole process. I met a lot of very interesting people. People who I’ll likely try and collaborate with in the future.
I was the first interviewee so there will likely still be a month or so wait before I hear what the results will be. I’m now left wondering if St. John’s is a place I’m willing settle down in. The department is very good. The university is undering a fair bit of expansion. It would be exciting to be part of this new expansion. I do like St. John’s. I enjoyed when I lived in PEI and Newfoundland has a lot to offer for a city it’s size (much more so that Ch’town offered). It would be hard to leave Guelph and everybody behind. But at the same time life’s an adventure and one needs to push their personal boundaries.
