This is a very interesting fake CV, in part because of the reasons why it was created. Says the author:
Also of note is the series of comments at the bottom, annotations from a fake search-committee:
I decided to .. make the CV of the mythical wunderkind I imagine is the dream candidate in the applicant pool of whatever it is for which I'm humbly supplicating. It's basically an impossible exaggeration of actual people I know that I think of when I am applying for something.Interesting!
Also of note is the series of comments at the bottom, annotations from a fake search-committee:
Dr. Magical Robot Unicorn
Dept of Science
University of Fame and Awesomeness
1234 Mt. Olympus, State, USA
Education
2011-present: University of Fame and Awesome, Postdoctoral Fellowship of Awesomeness
2008-2011: Possibly Even More Amazing University, PhD
2006-2008: Insanely Eminent University, B.Sc., Summa Cum Laude
References
* Prof. Progenitor oftheField
* Prof. Future Nobelaureate
* Dr. Director oftheNIH
Grants and awards
* MacArthur Fellow
* Giant NIH Grant, co-PI
* Best Speaker Ever, TED
* Most Beloved Teacher, Possibly Even More Amazing University
* Top Dissertation, awarded by Important Professional Science Organization
* Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Insanely Eminent University
* Gordon E Moore Award, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Selected Publications
* Unicorn, M.F. (in press). Pulling off the paradigm-shifting experiment everyone thought was impossible. Nature.
* Unicorn, M.F., OtherPerson, Other Person, & Nobelaureate, F. (2012). Inventing the breakthrough technique that will drive science for the next 100 years. Science.
* Unicorn, M.F., & oftheField, P. (2011). An elegant unified theory of everything. PNAS.
* Unicorn, M.F. (2010). An article that finally makes an important body of scientific work accessible to anyone. Scientific American.
Annotations made by Search Committee Chair:
* Education: note the impeccable pedigree and insanely efficient graduation dates which clearly mark Dr. Unicorn as a wunderkind
* References: the holy trinity of letter of reference writers -- (1) the living legend who founded the subfield we have been dying to hire in, did I mention Dr. Unicorn was his very last advisee? (2) the current hot stuff so you know Dr. Unicorn is part of the bleeding edge, and insists Unicorn was really the one responsible for the work everyone knows will be nominated for the Nobel one day, (3) person of important position who happens to be a close personal friend -- did you know Dr. Unicorn has also been raising her 2 beautiful children without a nanny and with no discernible impact to her professional productivity and famously charming collegiality?
* Publications: demonstrates uncanny chops in all domains -- popular science writing, theory, engineering, and experimentation
* The awards, letter and writing samples let you know this person will kick ass in interviews and be a great colleague
* Result: let's get real people -- do we even need to look at any other applicants?