Job at MRL

Went to the Mixed Reality Lab in Nottingham for an interview. They believe I had limited skills in HCI and interface applications and that my skills laid with GIS. Only ten years of application interfaces on my CV though :) I must have failed to get something across I guess, although with a broad CV like mine it is always possible to say too much of X and too little Y. I guess competition was stiff again.

Another one at Sheffield

Management school. An interesting job modelling the effect of social networks on evacuations and their planning. Someone with game theory experience got the job.

BJSS open day

I went to an open day at BJSS (don't ask what it stands for). A software company with a low profile, but an impressive client list. We had a talk followed by a Java test. Out of the four of us one passed the test and got interviewed. It wasn't me. Java is not my strongest suit, but I did think I had done OK. Never mind.

Aberystwyth GIS position

I went to an interview at Aber. They were looking for someone to organise GIS data for the Dyfi Biosphere project. They were very impressed, but I lost out to someone with previous experience of the environmental issues at Dyfi. They will email me posts that are coming up later though and that means I am doing something right.

I still don't know how I got through the whole interview without mentioning that I used to do lots of climbing and walking in Snowdonia, but there you go, your brain deserts you sometimes :).

Another one bites the dust

Got some nice feedback from an interview for a RA position. I gave a good presentation and did OK in the interview. However I did not get the job. There was a strong field apparently, which seems to be par for the course. The same person is recruiting for another position later in the year and suggested I apply, so I cannot have been too bad :)

Interview (management school)

had an interview at management school for a data analysis and evaluation position. Was a bit nervous, but presentation went down well. Interview was hard, but not unreasonable. I am kicking myself for not having a good response to a couple of questions. I'm still not interviewing fluently, just seem to lose any semblance of eloquence. Specifically was asked about chi-squared, and just went blank really, it just a statistical test for goodness sake. I have since thought of at least 5 good responses, only one of which needed additional info to what I had at hand.

interviews (K-now, DCS)

I went for an interview at a knowledge management specialist company that is a spin out of the Department of Computer Science at Sheffield. I have not heard anything, but it was a while ago, so I guess I did not get the job and they do not inform people even of interview failures! They are looking for 4 people though so it might be quite complicated at their end and they cannot say anything for sure.

I also interviewed at Computer Science itself (with one of the people from the above chairing this also). They have got back to me within 2 days, negatively. I get the feeling I am not getting myself across positively in interviews. V. Annoying because in some cases I realise later I knew good responses to the questions. Not sure interviews are a great way of selecting people TBH.