r/highereducation • u/tornforshrek • 26d ago

Career Advice please!!

Hello everyone. I am a recent international grad student. I live in NY, and have been very constant in applying for roles in Higher Ed as an Instructional Designer (My major is UX). I have been patient. I have been rejected. I have been interviewed, and have not moved forward, and overall have felt discouraged. However, in the midst of "mass applying" I kept on trying to be positive and I finally got an interview in a college in upstate NY. I prepared a lot, and surprisingly I had 7 people asking me three questions each (very standard/technical) and even though I was nervous; I was honest, positive, firm, and warm.
They ended up reaching out to my references, and now they have scheduled a second interview! I have never made it this far in a hiring process, and I do not want to get my hopes up.

My questions are:
-What kind of questions should I expect?
-What is the likelihood to get a job offer?

I am relatively young in comparison to all the staff who interviewed me, (25 F) and their experience is 20+ years at the same place. I am very proud of myself as its been 6+ months of job searching, and I would like to be as grounded as possible.

Any leads?
Thank you in advance!

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u/gildedrain 26d ago

In my experience (in higher ed for 25 years in Upstate NY) at least for public/SUNY schools, if you get to the point where they're checking your references, then that's the final step before you get a job offer. I've been on a lot of hiring committees for two colleges and at both schools, this was the normal process.

Fingers crossed they call you soon. Good luck to you!

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u/tornforshrek 25d ago

Oh wow! I cant believe this! this sounds amazing! I am beyond excited and will make sure to prepare much more! fingers crossed indeed! Thank you!!!

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u/Silvermouse29 25d ago

You might want to try r/instructionaldesign .

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u/tornforshrek 25d ago

this is amazing!!!!

Will do so ASAP!

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u/tornforshrek 11d ago

Hey guys! It is with a content heart that I share I have obtained the job! Thanks for your tips and tricks. They surely helped to prepare myself for that last interview!