Answering for myself and the advising round, I’ll try to answer questions as they come in.
As for whether an exceptional candidate might get an offer before the closing date has elapsed, I think this is basically not possible for this round. In theory, I’d be open to this, because we have quite a good sense of what the talent pool for advising looks like from previous hiring rounds. In practice, I’d want to work trial anyone before making them an offer, and there just wouldn’t be time to organise that so quickly.
Answering for myself and the advising round, I’ll try to answer questions as they come in.
As for whether an exceptional candidate might get an offer before the closing date has elapsed, I think this is basically not possible for this round. In theory, I’d be open to this, because we have quite a good sense of what the talent pool for advising looks like from previous hiring rounds. In practice, I’d want to work trial anyone before making them an offer, and there just wouldn’t be time to organise that so quickly.