How to address new information (compared to the submitted application) during an interview? My question has some similarities to Should I omit some of my qualifications in my application materials to “surprise” with during an interview?. However, in my case, the additional &quot;surprising&quot; information came after the application was submitted, so there was no chance for me to include it from the beginning.
Let's say (for a teaching-heavy job) that I received an amazing teaching evaluation after submitting my application, or I came up with a teaching plan that addresses the department's recently updated course curriculum.
I guess that I can in any case mention this information, but I thought about giving it a bit more focus, since that information might be really useful for landing the job. Therefore I wonder: Would it be appropriate to prepare some materials that I would show live during the interview?
I think you could prepare a couple of different scenarios and adopt the &quot;news only&quot; version or the one giving more details depending on the the live reaction of the committee.
It depends on time constrain, too.
Likely, if the news is indeed surprising, you can use the &quot;in depth&quot; material (physically as support or just being mentally prepared) for the question part that normally follows the candidate's presentation.