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SWE 2 nd GM: Interviewing Improv Games

SWE 2 nd GM: Interviewing Improv Games. Updates. Something SWEet Fundraiser February 21 st at 10pm-1am on the row Churro Truck, Buttermilk, Waffles de Leige , Sweet Arlenes Feb Big/Little Sib Event: Study Date! February 26 th at 7pm-10pm in GFS

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SWE 2 nd GM: Interviewing Improv Games

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  1. SWE 2nd GM: Interviewing Improv Games

  2. Updates • Something SWEet Fundraiser • February 21stat 10pm-1am on the row • Churro Truck, Buttermilk, Waffles de Leige, Sweet Arlenes • Feb Big/Little Sib Event: Study Date! • February 26th at 7pm-10pm in GFS • Get in touch with your bigs/littles • 3rd GM • February 25th at 6:30pm

  3. Before the Interview • Review your resume • Make sure you can talk about everything on your resume in detail • Do your research about the company • Make sure you can talk specifically about what the company does • Take advantage of services provided by Viterbi’s Career Center • Mock Interviews

  4. Technical Interviews • DO PRACTICE PROBLEMS!! • Make sure you answer sample questions by hand, not on a computer or in your mind • Talk through your solution with a friend to make sure you can explain what you’ve done • Go through the appropriate design, implementation, and testing steps of each question (especially for programming interviews)

  5. Things You’ll be Judged On • First impression • Appearance • Communication skills • Maturity • Personality • Enthusiasm

  6. During the Interview • Be confident. • Highlight skills that you think are specific to the company • e.g. if you are interviewing with Microsoft’s mobile team and have experience with Android or iOS development, talk about those projects more

  7. During the Interview cont. • For technical interviews: if you do not know how to answer a question, just start talking through how you think you would solve the problem • Make it a conversation • Be honest • Always have questions to ask them

  8. Formula for Answering Questions • Situation • Task • Action • Result

  9. After the Interview • Write to your recruiter thanking them for the interview • Make sure you’ve asked for their contact info • Wait patiently for the results • If you haven’t heard back after two weeks, send a friendly email asking if there have been any updates • Don’t be discouraged if you didn’t get the job • Most companies are looking for a certain fit for a specific team, and you can’t force yourself to fit a position behaviorally, even if you are technically qualified

  10. Common Questions • Tell me about yourself. • What will this job do for you? • What are some of your strengths and weaknesses? • Where do you see yourself in 5 years? • What is your greatest accomplishment? • Why should I hire you for this job? • Biggest challenge and how you overcame it. • Tell about a difficult team situation.

  11. Improv Game! • Break into groups by industry interest • Biomedical, Consulting, CS/ EE, Mech/Areo, Civil • 1 moderator for each group • Ask interview-type questions and when someone does something wrong, buzz & move onto next person • Should be fast paced • Start easy & then advance to harder questions • Can use resume as starting point

  12. Debrief • Difficult Questions • Additional Tips

  13. Example Technical Question • How can you represent days of month using two 6 sided dice ? • You can write one number on each face of the dice from 0 to 9 and you have to represent days from 1 to 31, for example for 1, one dice should show 0 and another should show 1, similarly for 31 one dice should show 3 and another should show 1. • Answer: http://puzzlersworld.com/interview-puzzles/days-of-months-using-2-dice/

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