Mary in GA Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Ds, now at Georgia Tech, has applied for several summer internships and is about to interview for co-op positions. Please put him in your prayers as this is REALLY needed financially! He has the HOPE scholarship so far, but it does not cover everything. He has (what I think) are so many interviewing plusses. He is a select soccer coach--he deals with irate parents, high pressure situations, injured kids. He has been a tutor in the smaller university he transferred from. His CS classes from that university did not transfer, but he tested out of the first 3 programming classes at GT. The tests were on JAVA which he has never used; he studied for 3 hours and passed--it's just experience with programming in general--he loves programming and has done many projects on his own. The competition is stiff! He is so motivated and works very hard; I really want this for him! Thank you all for listening. Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in MD Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Hi Mary, My thoughts and prayers are with your son! God knows the plan that He has for him and it will be accomplished! Hang in there! Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in GA Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 Thank you. Sharon :-) Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Hope everything works out for the best for him! My husband graduated from GT years ago and also had to work to put himself through. It's a terrific school! ~Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in MA Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Praying here, too, Mary! He sounds like he's quite well qualified and a nice guy all around. I hope the prospective employers see that as well. Brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in GA Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 Thank you! Dh and I are both GT dropouts! I think ds is going to do better. Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Good thoughts coming your way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano&ViolinMom Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Mary, praying here, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in GA Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Thank you so much! Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonor Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Praying for your son and you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in GA Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 After jumping through all the advisement hoops, ds began interviewing for co-op jobs about 2 weeks ago. GTRI, the research inst at school, offered him a position and he took it. It turns out to be one of the better paying co-op jobs. He'll start next semester. I was kind of surprised, ds told me that his interviews consisted of a lot of questions about actual skills. They ask how the candidate would go about programmming this or that in one language or another. The GTRI interview was skills and problem solving ability. For some questions if he didn't immediately know the answer, they would offer select hints and see how quickly he arrived at the solution. He was interviewed by 3 people at once and said that the people were nice but he felt really rattled after the interview, like he was totally unprepared. I'm passing this along in case others here have dc that will be looking for cs internships or co-ops. Interviewers are very interested in projects the student has done, esp if they have posted something in the public domain i.e. on Source Forge or something. Ds was told by some interviewers that they actually checked out the code for some of the major projects he listed on his resume. Thank you all again for your good thoughts and prayers! Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in MA Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 In my experience in engineering, interviews where technical questions are asked are fairly common. It's hard to prepare for these unless the interview is for a very specific job. I think prospective employers are trying to gauge the applicant's thought process as well as how he/she does under a bit of pressure. Congrats again to your son. They must have liked him & his abilities since it looks like he went through a pretty thorough screening process. This experience will help him with future interviews for full-time positions down the road. Brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Woohoo! Congratulations to your ds. Praise the Lord for His provision. :party: Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in GA Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 In my experience in engineering, interviews where technical questions are asked are fairly common. It's hard to prepare for these unless the interview is for a very specific job. I think prospective employers are trying to gauge the applicant's thought process as well as how he/she does under a bit of pressure.Brenda I'm sure you're right. I was just a bit taken aback since your usu student applying for co-op is a sophomore. How much technical knowledge of engineering can they be expected to have? Computer programming knowledge is easier to acquire on one's own I would think than engineering knowledge. I've been out of the work world a long time! Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Mary, What great news. Thanks for the update! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I can see why they might want to look at some of his code, since they will have to interface with and modify any code he writes for them at some future date. If it is ungraceful, it will be a bear to work with. It might be important to check out his style for the very reason that code is so easy to teach oneself. Congratulations! -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in GA Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Thanks for the support ladies! Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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