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Interview Workshop
Guest Speaker
- Computing science is about solving real-world problems through technology
- Creativity using data structures
- For working on software
- App, website
Getting internships
- personal projects
- resume/cv
- hackathon
- learn new tech
- join tech orgs
- passionate about learning new things
Project ideas
- implement data structs / algos
- personal website / portfolio
- chrome extension that changes webpage
- android/ios app
- website with messaging functionality
- unity/c++ game
- website with sfu course planner
Interviewing
- Cracking the coding interview
- Leetcode
Behavioral questions (20 mins)
- Show you can be worked with
- Focus on behavioral, technologies can be learned
- Demonstrate with specific experience
- Past behavior indicates future
- Uncover competencies, transferrable skills
Technical questions (20 mins)
- Its okay to be honest that you don’t understand, seek guidance
Expectations
- Tech knowledge (a little)
- Problem solving together
- Normal human being and team member
Workplace Expectations
- You probably dont know eveyrthing
- Ask help
- Get to know people 1-on-1
FAANG
- “are you good enough”
- technical skills are not everything
- unique perspectives
- application timeline
- ask for help
- apply
- apply to other companies
- get rejected
- apply again
Steps
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list of goals to work on
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choose one
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improve
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plan and replan next steps
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its ok
Questions
timeline for jobs
- apply week 1, response week 2 (3-10 days), offer 1-2 weeks
Focus on school or seeking work?
- degrees are indistinguishable, projects are
Resources
Hacker News Ladder to How to get a job at the big 4 How to get hired into a faang company
thank you for all the insight :D can I connect with you on linkedin to ask more questions about your experiences with the entrepreneurship certificate + review my resume?
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Created:: 2022-01-20 16:04