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Life after Engineering Grad School Panel: Tips and tricks for Job Interviewing with Success
February 14, 2006 12PM, Engineering 2 Building, Room #280
Panelists:
- Beverly Crair, Sr. Director of Solaris software development at Sun Microsystems and UCSC alumni (Stevenson class of '83)
- Raquel Prado, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Math & Statistics
- Martine Schlag - Professor, Department of Computer Engineering
- Wang-Chiew Tan - Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
- Yi Zhang - Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Abstract:
Our panelists will discuss various issues related to interviewing for an engineering position in the academia, research labs or the industry:
- Determining where to apply. Differences between academic, research lab and industry positions, small vs. large universities, teaching vs. research oriented universities, established companies vs. start-ups. Job search web resources.
- Deciding when to start looking. Scheduling interviews.
- Interview etiquette.
- Common questions to be prepared for.
- Prominent differences between interviewing for an academic, research lab or industry position.
- Questions for the interviewers: what to expect from the position, starting package, salary, benefits, flex time, maternity leave.
- Dealing with a two-body problem.
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 Four of the panelists: Yi, Wang-Chiew, Bev and Raquel |
 Laura, Alisa, Karen and Gloria |
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 Lunch before the discussion |
 Jessica, Yi and Wang-Chiew |
 Flowers and chocolates for the panelists |
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