Préparer l'interview ERC

BUT DE LA FORMATION
Répondre aux questions du panel lors de l'interview ERC. Les principes que vous apprendrez sont applicables à toutes disciplines et tous niveaux.
PROGRAMME
  • Anticiper les questions sur les faiblesses de votre projet
  • Une méthodologie pour répondre aux 3 types de questions :
    • techniques
    • générales
    • déstabilisantes
  • Mettre en avant ses atouts lors des réponses
  • Les erreurs à éviter
DÉROULEMENT DE LA FORMATION
  • Avant la formation, les participants reçoivent des documents à préparer (questions d'entretien typiques, points forts et faiblesses de leur projet, etc).
  • Durant la première session, ils apprennent et pratiquent les stratégies pour répondre de façon percutante à tous les types de questions. 
  • Ils préparent 70 questions types entre la première et la deuxième session.
  • Durant la deuxième session, ils sont interrogés sur une quinzaine de ces questions, et les autres participants et le formateur analysent les forces et faiblesses de leurs réponses. Ils donnent aussi une courte présentation si leur panel le requiert.
PUBLIC VISÉ
Chercheurs admissibles à l'oral ERC
(Starting, Consolidator, Advanced ou Synergy)
EFFECTIF PAR SESSION
Au maximum 3 chercheurs admissibles à l'oral
(ou 1-2 chercheurs et 1 groupe de chercheurs Synergy admissible).
Chaque chercheur peut être accompagné par 1 ou 2 collègues.
DURÉE
2 demi-journées (2*3h),
séparées par plusieurs semaines
COÛT
Devis disponible sur demande

Témoignages

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Tilman Grünewald
StG laureate
Institut Fresnel, Marseille

"The course helps you achieve clear, synthetic and concise answers"

I had already attended a course with David (on preparing an ERC application), which had helped me compose a proposal that got selected for interview. So I was excited to receive more specific training on the ERC interview.

Ahead of the course, we had to do a significant amount of preparation (list of potential questions, key assets of your project), which I very much enjoyed. Everything “clicks” together during the course, which helped me achieve clear, synthetic and concise answers during the ERC interview.

I enjoyed the real-life experience of getting relentlessly bombarded with questions during the rehearsal; the outside perspective on my project and associated problems provided by David and by the other participants; and the detailed, constructive feedback on the documents by David in between the sessions.

I would definitely recommend both this interview course, as well the course on composing an ERC application. I found that them a very suitable primer on what the ERC is actually looking for – both to prepare a proposal and for the ERC interview. The material supplied covers all relevant topics as far as I could tell.
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Thomas Chalk
StG laureate
CEREGE, Aix-Marseille

"I had nerves practicing in front of others. In the end, I enjoyed interacting as a small group"

It sounds silly, but I had nerves about practicing and failing in front of others.

​In the end, I really enjoyed interacting as a small group, starting easy and watching each other make mistakes. The course forced me to think well ahead of the interview about what I would do and say (normally I would have prepared it in the last week). I enjoyed thinking about questions for myself and others, both on the fly and between the two sessions.

The course really helped me to have the very firm reminder of a timeline and structure for responses. Something I already knew deep down, but it was very good to have it at the forefront of my mind. I also appreciated to have firm advice on slide design, again a reminder, but these presentations are like nothing most of us have done before. 

I would recommend this course for all these reasons - and because it is never a bad idea to push researchers out of their comfort zones…