This article takes a look at five mistakes that candidates should avoid making during their research presentations. These mistakes are the following: (1) they didn't do any research on the norms of the campus culture; (2) they presented a single, well-thought-out project that had no future; (3) they didn't use the opportunity to demonstrate their teaching ability; (4) they presented a great talk on a topic that was too far afield; and (5) they shut down when something unusual happened.