After application materials are in the possession of the search committee, the Search Chair is responsible for the care and security of the documents until they are no longer needed and are returned to the Human Resources Office. After a review of applicant files the department conducts phone interviews of the top five candidates. The top five candidates are ranked in order of candidate preference after the telephone interviews. Reference Calls Reference calls must be conducted for the top two candidates of the five. If the outcome of a reference call is unsatisfactory, the ranking of the top five should be adjusted, and reference calls will be completed for the top two candidates.
Deans reserve the right to make additional reference calls of their own, as necessary.
The chair should inform the Human Resources office of candidates who are no longer under consideration. They will send a letter to inform them of their status. If the candidate pool is small, you might want to wait on this. Ordinarily, we will bring two candidates to interview for a position. All tenure-track positions must be interviewed by the provost and divisional dean.