From the info you gave and my experience of labs I have worked in, it's so much down to what's in the papers and what they say (present and answer to structured formal questions) during the interview. For example, I have been involved in hiring 4 postdocs in the lab I'm in now.
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So basically the raw number of papers is OK but it's certainly not enough to say if they are a strong candidate. Please take what I say though, with a pinch of salt given I'm speaking for a specific few labs in a specific subarea.
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A better way, for what I want to see, is if they meet the requirements and everything on the job listing for the postdoc position, if they can give a job talk, and if they can think on their feet and answer questions.
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They don't have to meet everything on the job listing (other than required ones, those they have to, explicitly in their CV and cover letter, or they get removed from the pile) but if they try to address it all as much as possible that's a huge plus.
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And please everybody: don't lie on your CV. It's so common. Especially with technical skills. People have admitted it to me as well as I've just noticed it on things that are so easy to check. Slips occur but if the distribution is towards making you look better it's noticeable.
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Hope this helps!
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Replying to @o_guest
Definitely. Of course, a lot depends on how they perform at the interview, exact content of the pubs, general 'fit' with the lab, etc. I guess I was really asking "Would this be sufficient to get them an interview?"
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Yes, it would IF they explain they fit the required and even some of the optional stuff, even better if they address all. Would help even more if they have an active github/equivalent and informative website. Underlining: I'm speaking about the labs I have worked in.
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Basically, they have to make it clear how they fit in with the required job and the culture of the lab. Write clearly how they fit the bill, a CV is not enough to show ideas for the future, etc. Is this making sense Matt?
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They need to link to the all the relevant stuff BTW. I will not try to figure out what their webistes are and will certainly not Google them.
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