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May 2025
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Should you tailor your job interview style based on the age, gender and cultural background of the person asking the questions?


Margot Smit and Dietmar Hutmacher compare their approaches to hiring and how generational influences might shape how they respond to candidates.

Smit, a plant molecular biologist who became a group leader at Tübingen University Germany, in late 2023, and Hutmacher, a regenerative medicine researcher at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, list what they look for at interview. Coming from different generations, one with a background in industry, do they differ?


This is the third episode in a six-part podcast series about hiring in science.


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