Dear Engineering Students,

One-stop Training for ITJob Searching for Engineering Students

Polish your interview and CV writing skills in 3 hours

Have you got instant feedback and advice from senior managers on your interview performance before? Can you write winning CVs? To help your job searching, the School of Engineering will hold a one-stop training workshop to equip you with necessary interview and CV writing skills especially for engineering jobs. You can’t miss this intensive training to gain hands-on experience and get instant feedback from senior executives/managers/counselors in this half-day event.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Saturday, 17 April 2010

Time: 09:30-12:15 (Please arrive 10 minutes earlier for registration)

Venue: Room 2465 (Lift 25-26)

Group 1 / Group 2 / Group 3
Assigned to Seminar, CV Writing Workshop, and Mock Interview / Assigned to Seminar and Mock Interview only / Assigned to Seminar and CV Workshop only
Quota: 20 / Quota: 20 / Quota: 20
09:30-10:00 / Seminar / Seminar / Seminar
10:00-11:15 / CV Writing Workshop / Mock Interview / CV Writing Workshop
11:15-12:15 / Mock Interview / -- / --

The event will be divided into three parts:

1. Seminar – Tips for IT job interviews (Cantonese)

Jeff Chui, Executive Director, Perception Digital will share with you someengineering job interview tips and remarkable experience when he was recruiting fresh graduates in the past.

2. Mock interviews (Primarily in English)

For the mock interviews, we have invited several senior hiring managersexperienced in recruitment as our interviewers. They are:

We’ll tailor-make mock interview for you who are interested in job functions such as consultancy, project management and programming. We’ll help you polish your interview skills so that you can succeed in winning your dream job.

3. CV Writing Workshop (Cantonese)

In order to secure the chance for an interview, you must first impress the employer by your CV. The CV Writing Workshop conducted by Winnie Choy from CareerCenter, Student Affairs Office, HKUST can surely help.

APPLICATION METHOD

To apply, please preparea mock application, to the best of your effort,for one of the following job functions that you are interested. Sample job descriptions have been attached for your easy reference.

  • Technical support
  • Project management / technical consulting
  • Programming / software design and engineering

Send yourmock application (including CV, cover letter and CGA) to or before 4:00pm on 12 April 2010. Put “Application for 17 April Workshop” in the subject line.Indicate which group you would like to join.

  • Group 1: Seminar + CV Writing Workshop + Mock Interview
  • Group 2: Seminar + Mock Interview
  • Group 3: Seminar + CV Writing Workshop

Priority will be given to year 3 Engineering students. Your selections will be considered based on our assessment on your submission; our judgment on your competency level and training needs, and other circumstances such as the availability of places. We will decide whether you would be assigned a place and our decision is final.

Should you have any enquiries, please contact us via .

School of Engineering

**Remarks:

It is a basic rule in the business world that one has to honor his/her commitment for any appointment and to show up punctually. It's a courtesy to respect all concerned parties in not wasting other people's precious time. It also demonstrates whether the person is responsible, reliable and professional.

Once you accept this appointment, it means you are available in that period and you should show up on time. In case later you really cannot make it due to another unforeseen matter which is more important, you must inform all parties concerned in the first instance to explain and apologize. Failing in doing so not only damages your own credibility, but also jeopardizes the image of our University and future opportunities of your fellow students.

In case you fail in handling the above properly, we may not consider your participation and nomination in similar occasions in the future.

SAMPLE JOBS

Company: Perception Digital

Position: Software Engineer

Duties:

  • Embedded device product development
  • Software project coordination
  • Software quality assurance

Requirements:

  • Good in C language programming
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering or a related field
  • Good communication with English, Mandarin and Cantonese
  • Proactive, self-motivated and good team player

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Company: ASTRI

Position: Engineer, Software Design

Duties:

  • Work in product development task for lighting control system;
  • Design firmware for networking control;
  • Software design for computer interface program;
  • Perform conventional Software Engineering; and
  • Marketing research for lighting control system.

Requirements:

  • Master / Degree in Electronic, Computer or equivalent area;
  • Familiar with programming language (Assemble, C, C++, VB and etc.) for firmware design;
  • Experience to design ZigBee or related product;
  • Familiar with LED lighting control design;
  • Related experience (1+ years) in MCU programming; and
  • Strong team working spirits and excellent communication skills.

Company: Microsoft

Position: Project Coordinator

Duties:

You’ll get to help drive the technical vision, design and implementation of next-generation software solutions. You’ll transform the product vision into elegant designs that will ultimately turn into products used by Microsoft customers. The PM helps manage feature sets throughout the product lifecycle, and you’ll have the chance to see your design through to completion. You’ll also work directly with other key team members including Software Design Engineers and Software Design Engineers in Test. Program Managers are advocates for end-users, so your passion for anticipating customer needs and creating outside-the-box solutions for them will really help you shine in this role.

Requirements:

  • Strong technical prowess, including understanding of algorithms, systems architecture, and end-user experience
  • Ability to lead within a product’s life cycle using evangelism, empathy, and negotiation to define and deliver results
  • Ability to author technical specifications, including envisaged usage cases, customer scenarios, and prioritized requirements lists
  • Familiarity with managing complex project schedules, solving complex problems, and nurturing cross-group collaboration

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Company: Goldman Sachs

Position: Technical Support

Duties:

Our IT function is responsible for building and maintainingcomplex trading applications andsystems infrastructure with the capacity to achieve our goal of becoming the world’s leading financial services firm. Writing innovative software is just part of what we do, our IT professionals are also engaged asbusiness consultants, technical architects, systems integrators, analysts and project managers.

You will be working as a team member within one of our IT development streams. Specifically you will be working on live business IT applications and will gain broad exposure to the entire software development lifecycle with exposure to theuser requirements, development, testing and support phases.

Requirements:

We seek highly talented individuals who can bring something different to our organization and offer them superb career opportunities to match their potential. Academic credentials are important but these need to be coupled with excellent communication skills, creativity,and perseverance, and the ability to excel in a team environment.

Proactive personality and possess a genuine interest in developing a career in the field of IT and Application Development.

You must be from aComputer Science or Computer Engineering related education background and be proficient in at least one programming language from the following (Java, C# or C++).Prior banking experience or knowledge will be an asset but not required.