L'entretien pour le poste de Maître de Conférences à l'Université de Lorraine a duré 20 minutes. J'ai présenté mes travaux de recherche passés et mon projet futur. Les questions étaient approfondies, mettant l'accent sur l'alignement avec les objectifs du laboratoire.

For positions in the humanities, after submitting the dossier required through the centralized national system to the universities where you wish to apply, if your CV stands out and matches the job requirements, you will be asked to interview on campus. The interview is conducted by a group of 8-16 maitre de conférences and professors, and generally takes about 20 minutes. Usually, all of the candidates are interviewed on the same day. The candidate presents herself in about 5 minutes (highlighting why you are right for the job), and the the selection committee will ask a few questions. They may ask whether you would able to teach certain kinds of courses, what you would contribute to the research group, etc. It can be a bit intimidating, being interviewed by a group of people all at once, but they generally try to be pleasant (after all, you're a potential future colleague!).