The Winter recruiting fair will take place on Thursday, January 21 from 1:30-4:30 pm in the Atrium. All CSE undergraduates interested in internships and full time positions can meet with representatives of 20 local companies. See http://www.cs.washington.edu/affiliates/meetings/recruit-co-0910-winter.html for the full list of companies.
Resume Roundtable Workshop 3:00-6:00 today!
A reminder that our Winter Resume Roundtable Workshop will be held today from 3:00 to 6:00 pm in the Atrium. Resume specialists from amazon.com, Microsoft, Google and Facebook will be on hand to help CSE undergraduates put together effective resumes. No rsvp is necessary. Just show up with a few copies of your resume between 3:00 and 5:30. See you there!
We need advice from Facebook pros
Hey everyone,
We (the CSE dept) are trying to brainstorm some ways to use Facebook or other social networking sites to keep in touch with our alumni after they graduate. We’d like to put together a small group of students to consult with us about the best way to go about doing that by having one or two brief meetings. If you’re interested in participating, us out, send me email at ceney@cs and we’ll find a time to meet.
Thanks!
Crystal Eney
CSE ugrad advisor
Have you recently interviewed with a tech company?
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Lazowska
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:24 AM
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Have you recently interviewed with a tech company?
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:24 AM
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Have you recently interviewed with a tech company?
Eric Engleman from TechFlash asks about interview questions, below. (My response to him also is appended.) If you choose to respond to Eric, please remember:
– Don’t say anything to associate a specific question with a specific company.
– Try to be positive.
Forwarded conversation
Subject: Question
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Subject: Question
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From: Eric Engleman <eengleman@bizjournals.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM
To: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Ed,
Hi, question for you. I’m working on a feature about job interviews at big tech companies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon and others where people get asked perplexing curve ball questions just to see how they can think and sort through problems (for example Calculate the weight of a Boeing 747 or How would you move Mt. Fuji?). Do you know anyone who’s encountered such questions and/or can you yourself provide some detail on this trend — how often any of your current/former students encounter these questions when entering the tech industry?
More on the trend:
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/12/top_25_odd_job_interview_questions_of_the_year.html
Thanks,
Eric.
Eric Engleman
TechFlash.com
(o) (206) 876-5430
(m) (206) 669-9814
eengleman@bizjournals.com
twitter.com/ericengleman
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From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:54 AM
To: Eric Engleman <eengleman@bizjournals.com>
Cc: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Eric,
This is nothing new. It goes back decades in the tech industry. Computer science is all about creative problem solving. There are certain tools that we use as part of implementing the solutions to problems — tools such as C#, .NET, Java, Ruby on Rails, C++. These tools come and go — they change with time. The really critical element — the part that doesn’t change — is how you go about solving problems: how logically you think, how creatively you think, how you interact with others in tackling intellectually challenging problems and achieving good solutions. That’s what we have always taught, and that’s what the savvy companies have always tried to assess.
To caricature things, “computer science” is about creatively and collaboratively solving problems, “programming” is about writing code. That’s definitely a caricature — there is lots of crossover. But, by analogy: engineers design aircraft, machinists build them; architects design buildings, engineers translate those designs into something that can be built, contractors build them.
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From: Eric Engleman <eengleman@bizjournals.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM
To: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Thanks Ed,
From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:54:49 -0800
To: Eric Engleman <eengleman@bizjournals.com>
Cc: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Question
Do you know anyone who has recently done the rounds of interviews and encountered some of these questions – would love to get a flavor of what they’re being asked and how they handle it.
Also, do these creative problem solving questions mostly come from the big tech companies, or are they used by mid- and small sized companies as well during the interview process.
From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:54:49 -0800
To: Eric Engleman <eengleman@bizjournals.com>
Cc: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Question
eengleman@bizjournals.com <http://eengleman@bizjournals.com>
twitter.com/ericengleman <http://twitter.com/ericengleman>
Vote for Computer Engineering as Barbie next career!
Vote for Barbie’s next career move — Computer Engineer is one of five options. 🙂
Thanks for passing on this link, Ed, and for finding it in the first place, Sierra!
Madrona Talk – Tuesday 1/12, 5:30-7:30pm
Madrona Venture Group Startup Speaker Series
Please join two of Seattle’s top startups to learn more about the technology powering their businesses.
WildTangent is the largest privately held and fastest growing online game network in the world.
AdReady is an advertising technology company focused on making online display advertising accessible and effective for advertisers of all sizes.
Tuesday, January 12th 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Atrium in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
Food will be provided
Sponsored by:
Madrona Venture Group
Freight elevator out of service
From: office-staff-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:office-staff-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Erbeck
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:27 AM
To: cs-staff – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List; visitors – Mailing List
Subject: [Cs-staff] Freight elevator out of service
The freight elevator is out of service again, and it looks it will be so for at least 2 days, possibly up to a week. I’ll send another email when it’s back up and running.
Tracy Erbeck, Facilities Manager
Paul G Allen Center for CSE
Box 352350
Seattle, WA 98195
206.543.9264 (desk)
206.543.2969 (fax)
RFH (request for help)
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of John Zahorjan
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:41 PM
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List;
Subject: [cs-ugrads] RFH (request for help)
If you’ve been in the department a year or more, you may remember
that last year we made a proposal to the Student Technology Fee (STF)
committee to spend the money you pay them on you, in the form of
a netbook for everyone. We weren’t, then were, then finally weren’t
awarded the funds to do that.
This year we’re headed back, with a different (but related) proposal.
It would help our application if you would take the time to fill out
a brief survey related to one aspect of our proposal — backup of
your personal machines. It’s multiple choice, and no more than
3 questions in length (although, depending on your initial answer,
it may be 1 question in length). When you’ve filled it out you will be
shown the results accumulated so far.
As to the proposal itself, its goal — once again — is to make use
of your personal laptop, netbook, or desktop more convenient
both on- and off-campus: fewer configuration headaches getting
things working; re-tooling of our computer and building space
infrastructures to be friendlier to this kind of access.
Thanks! The survey is at
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHpmVW1CQldMX3FNTFViZHFkVUZMN2c6MA
Don’t forget to hit the Submit button on the final page…
Everything You Need to Know About Internships Panel
Recent successful CSE alumni from amazon.com, Adobe and Google will return to campus to talk to CSE undergrads about their internship experiences. The panel will help CSE undergraduates learn how to secure internships and how to use those internships to land the full-time job of their dreams. Dawn Wiggin, our co-op guru from the UW College of Engineering will also be on hand to lend her expertise to all current and future CSE internship seekers.
Details:
Date: Thursday, January 14
Time: 3:30-4:30 pm
Place: EE 125
All CSE undergraduates are invited to attend. No rsvp required.
The panel discussion will be spurred directly by audience questions, so please have your questions ready.
We’ll look forward to seeing you next Thursday!
Invitation to Engineering Poker Night
Get excited for HKN Poker Night! Poker Night is HKN’s biggest annual event; last year’s was great and this year’s is going to be even better!
Poker Night is a networking event where students have the opportunity to enjoy free food and beer, win great prizes, and interact with industry representatives all while playing poker and having a good time. Not only will you have the opportunity to make valuable industry connections, but your professors will be dealing cards!
There will be prizes for the finalists (last year the grand prize was an XBox 360) in addition to a raffle for other loot throughout the evening. You will also be able to pick up the new 2009-2010 HKN Tshirt!
Poker Night Details
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (the night before the winter UW engineering career fair)
Time: 6:30p
Place: UW, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room
To RSVP please submit your resume or CV here:
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/collectit/dropbox/hknee/8626
Your resume will be given to all of the attending employers. Please RSVP early because there are a limited amount of spots!
Good luck this quarter!
Jonas Michel
President – HKN
University of Washington
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