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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Scholars,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re arranging for Jon Older from (a Director at ITDev) to come in and give a talk to this year’s UKESF applicants about interviews and interview technique. He’s asked for feedback from students who have been through the process before,
on things like:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Were there questions they struggled to answer<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Were there questions they weren’t expecting<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Was it 1-2-1 interviews or a panel<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Was it all technical or a mix with soft skills …<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Did they get/request interview feedback<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Were they fully informed by the company on what to expect<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Can you let me know any responses that you have to any of these? Relevant to both the unsuccessful and successful ones – i.e. where you had an interview but didn’t get an offer from that company, why do you think that might have been!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, much appreciated,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor Geoff Merrett<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.c-iot.ecs.soton.ac.uk/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Head of Centre for IoT and Pervasive
Systems</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Electronics and Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Southampton, UK, SO17 1BJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">t: +44 (0)23 8059 2775<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">e:
<a href="mailto:gvm@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0563C1">gvm@ecs.soton.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0563C1">geoffmerrett.co.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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