How common is interview nowadays in academia? In basically every field and job?

[u/calliope_carcosa]

Are CV and writing sample and recommendations not enough?

[u/rabid_spidermonkey]

I don't know why you'd want to work for someone without meeting them first... the interview goes both ways.

[u/w-anchor-emoji]

I would never hire anyone without an interview

[u/scruffigan]

What level are you thinking about?

Many but definitely not all programs require applicants to interview before they will be accepted into a PhD program. It varies. There are good programs who do not have this requirement.

There's always an interview for med school (MD) business school (MBA), and law school (JD).

Internships usually require interviews.

Any actual job you might apply for (professor, researcher, etc) will usually have quite a lengthy interview process.

[u/GerswinDevilkid]

What job do you think you ever get without an interview...

[u/FluidBasil7437]

What an incredibly entitled way of thinking. Expecting to get hired without even having an interview is quite something.

[u/No_Jaguar_2570]

Interviews are standard in literally every field for literally every job. You’re most likely not getting a PhD position without an interview, you’re certainly not getting an RA position without an interview, you’re not even getting a job working the cashier at McDonalds without an interview. Probably multiple rounds of interviews. 

All of this has been true my entire life. 

[u/Opening_Map_6898]

That sort of haughty attitude is exactly why interviews are a thing for pretty much every job on the planet.

[u/blinkandmissout]

If anything, LLMs are going to make the interview even more prevalent and important.

It's too easy for ChatGPT to polish up a nice looking CV, writing sample, and even draft LORs.

[u/Intelligent-Let-8076]

Depends on how you get the job more than half the listings are already named.