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.

SDL project coordinator

fail

Another failed app, Nottingham

Failed to get an interview for:
Research Associate/Fellow in Geospatial Science
at Nottingham