Do you think jobs that have Dec.1 deadlines are going to start reviewing and contacting people before that date, or will they wait till everything is in?
I think they will wait until everything is in. A: I disagree. My department is doing a non-creative writing search whose deadline is Dec. 1st and the committee is made copies of all the incoming application materials on a rolling basis. So by the time the deadline comes around they will have already looked over most everything. A: My department waited until the deadline to start looking through materials. There were exactly 100 applicants. This was for one of the fiction positions. A: I’ve always reviewed apps on a rolling basis. It simply makes sense. But I haven’t figured out whether there is an advantage to being early or not, that’s my one constant surprise from jobs. A: It’s better to be early.
