我年底毕业，从八月份起发简历，目前已经interview了几个学校(phone&campus).
不久前刚那了个offer.

这个版上谈找学术工作的不多，在目前工业界不景气的情况下， 我把我的经历写出来，
希望对大家有所帮助。

我：
三流大学的Ph. D.(US News 无排名), 专业:EE， 方向:Machine Intelligence,
Jounral Paper(Including under view): 4,
Book and book chapters(Including under preparation: 2),
Conf Paper: several
口语还行，热爱教书工作。没有TA experience, 但出国前在学校待过俩年。

目前Offer:
三流大学的CS系(Can grant Ph. D degree). 75k/9month + 2 year summer
support + 150k start up package.
Location: Mid-west

学校工作的好处:
1. H1 Visa 不受配额限制。
2. 稳定 2-3 years first contract, in general, NO laid off.
3. Benifit is good: 401k co-pay is very nice: you pay 0%-5%, University pay
10%-15%.
4. Fast Green Card.

缺点：
1. Salary is not as high as in industry.
2. the working experience may not be useful if you want to
join industry later.
3. After two years, you have to teach in summer or get grants. Otherwise you
will not be paid in summer.

About tenure:
应该不是太难(指三流学校)。

从我面试和广告的情况看，目前各校CS系都在扩张(主要原因是生源广，政府支持)。急需
Faculty。从目前情况看， 在industry不景气的情况下，各位如果喜欢教书，不妨一试。

FAQ in interview:

1. What can you teach?
2. How about your research?
3. Where can you get the funding?
4. one-hour seminar
5. why do you want to choose academic career?

Interview procedure(one day):

1. breakfast
2. talk with facutly
4. talk with dean
5. lunch
6. talk with students
7. seminar
8. dinner.

Final comments:
if you do not graduate from Top university, good papers on
good journals are the most important thing.
And if you do not like working with students, do not try.

以上均为个人意见，本人经历有限，仅供参考。