Would you hire yourself?
Hi,
We're now in a process of reviewing a relatively large number of candidates for the two ESR (early-stage researchers) positions to our laboratory and maybe another (third) position for our industrial partner (Pentalum, Rehovot). This is a part of the large EU funded Marie Sk?odowska-Curie or Innovative Training Network, abbreviated COMPLETE (see on Euraxess our ad).
This situation brings me to one serious philosophical question - would I hire myself for this job? or other way around - what would I do to get this job? How would I answer to myself in a way it will be my candidacy to top the list?
Do you sometimes ask yourself this question? Shall we ask ourselves this question? Shall we expect from our candidates more than we could possibly do ourselves?