I’ve talked about my own phone interview experiences in the past. I preferred one-on-one interviews to group interviews in general and preferred group interviews where interviewers were in their own offices (so that they couldn’t share nonverbal cues with each other). While this article at Inside Higher Ed argues that Skype interviews are preferable to conference interviews in some cases, and despite the admitted problems with phone interviews, I am fairly certain that I would prefer them to Skype interviews, which seem to be increasingly common.
While I should probably admit that I’ve never participated in a Skype interview, it seems that they promise all of the awkwardness of a phone interview with a visual aid and the potential for technical difficulties. Does being able to see somebody’s head and shoulders give you a better idea of that person’s ability as a teacher or researcher? I would be interested in hearing about actual (as opposed to speculative) experiences with Skype interviews.
Memoirs of a SLACer 