Back in the spring when I was getting close to the end of my job market run, I screen-recorded some footage of filling out a few applications with the intention of editing it together as a sort-of sneak peek for graduate students who wondered what the application process actually looks like. After a long hiatus from thinking about anything related to the job market, I finally returned to that material and finished the video. It's nothing too grand, but I figure it might be a useful tool for placement directors or curious graduate students. Over 12 minutes, I run through the essential elements of completing an application, including short sections on editing PDFs and using Interfolio to upload letters of recommendation. Audio narration could have been a bit louder, but such are the growing pains of working with a new microphone.
In most of the footage, my on-screen actions are portrayed at 1.5x or 2x speed, so don't expect that you'll be blitzing through these applications as quickly as I did in this video. Also, for reasons that will become obvious, anime fans are likely to enjoy this video a little more than other people.
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