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Interviewing for internships is only open to our sponsoring companies, | Interviewing for internships is only open to our sponsoring companies, | ||
| − | please email | + | please email emma@adadevelopersacademy.org with questions |
| − | As | + | As a '''Sponsoring Company Internship Placement Interviewer'', you will learn about the skills our Adies can bring to your company. |
'''Your role will be to:''' | '''Your role will be to:''' | ||
| − | * | + | * Read and sign --> [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UYhbLuyQ0mPIMAwyyTRwXrXjKPjHWD_NPRZSt8MQfvc/edit?usp=sharing Volunteer Code of Conduct] |
| − | * | + | * Read about --> [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3xlasEt9caBa3EtMFRsRjRHb0k/view?usp=sharing Unconscious Biases in Interviewing] |
| − | * | + | * Read about --> [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3xlasEt9caBRnB6eHNPT3RzR3c/view?usp=sharing Gender Inclusivity] |
| − | * | + | * Understand your audience is a group of women and gender diverse people who came to Ada with very little to no experience coding; Ada provides them with 6 months of intensive classroom experience in Ruby, Rails, HTML/CSS, and JS; please do not refer to concepts as something that "programmers should already know", as something that "you can't get a job if you don't understand", or as “easy”. These students have learned so much in such a short period of time and are eager to continue their learning in their internship and beyond. |
'''What to expect''' | '''What to expect''' | ||
* '''Interviews are 30 mins long''' | * '''Interviews are 30 mins long''' | ||
| − | * You | + | * You will be onsite at Ada for a 4-hour period. Each team will interview 6 prospective interns in 30 min increments. Your intern will only come from the students you interview. |
| − | * | + | * You will interview at Ada, we have assigned a room for each team to interview their prospective students. |
| − | * Students will not bring their laptops with them unless you ask us to request that ahead of time | + | * Students will arrive at their designated time to interview |
| + | * '''Students will not bring their laptops with them unless you ask us to request that ahead of time''' | ||
* Students will be nervous (who isn't in an interview?!) | * Students will be nervous (who isn't in an interview?!) | ||
| − | * You choose your own questions to ask and provide feedback at the end | + | * '''You choose your own questions to ask and provide feedback at the end''' |
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'''Tips for being a ROCKSTAR Interviewer''' | '''Tips for being a ROCKSTAR Interviewer''' | ||
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* Do not look at your phone instead of your interviewee | * Do not look at your phone instead of your interviewee | ||
* Stay on schedule! - make sure that all students feel like they got the same energy and time as their peers | * Stay on schedule! - make sure that all students feel like they got the same energy and time as their peers | ||
| + | * Be sure to use correct pronouns | ||
'''About the Ada Curriculum''' | '''About the Ada Curriculum''' | ||
* Students learn Ruby (~5 weeks), HTML/CSS (~2 weeks), Rails (~5 weeks), API Interactions (~3 weeks), JS (~4 weeks), as well as Agile, TDD< and CS Fundamentals (spread out throughout curriculum). | * Students learn Ruby (~5 weeks), HTML/CSS (~2 weeks), Rails (~5 weeks), API Interactions (~3 weeks), JS (~4 weeks), as well as Agile, TDD< and CS Fundamentals (spread out throughout curriculum). | ||
* During the classroom learning, students code A LOT. Ada's curriculum is based on building practical coding skills and teaching students how to learn rather than focusing on theoreticals. Coding hours accumulate to ~30+ per week, on top of Lectures, Guest Lectures, Networking Events, etc | * During the classroom learning, students code A LOT. Ada's curriculum is based on building practical coding skills and teaching students how to learn rather than focusing on theoreticals. Coding hours accumulate to ~30+ per week, on top of Lectures, Guest Lectures, Networking Events, etc | ||
| − | * | + | * '''Check out the classroom curriculum --> Cohort Schedule''' [https://github.com/Ada-Developers-Academy/pedagogy/blob/master/syllabus-summer-fall.md (Summer/Fall)] and [https://github.com/Ada-Developers-Academy/pedagogy/blob/master/syllabus-winter-spring.md '''(Winter/Spring)]''' |
| − | * | + | * Know what Ada's Graduate learning goals --> [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ofPhDm1NBC1pes6hil5xHQGY8P9jd7S8R-sooXBXF14/edit Ada Graduate Profile] |
'''Choosing your Interview Questions''' | '''Choosing your Interview Questions''' | ||
Latest revision as of 20:36, 15 January 2020
Sponsoring Company Internship Placement Interviewer
Interviewing for internships is only open to our sponsoring companies, please email emma@adadevelopersacademy.org with questions
As a 'Sponsoring Company Internship Placement Interviewer, you will learn about the skills our Adies can bring to your company.
Your role will be to:
- Read and sign --> Volunteer Code of Conduct
- Read about --> Unconscious Biases in Interviewing
- Read about --> Gender Inclusivity
- Understand your audience is a group of women and gender diverse people who came to Ada with very little to no experience coding; Ada provides them with 6 months of intensive classroom experience in Ruby, Rails, HTML/CSS, and JS; please do not refer to concepts as something that "programmers should already know", as something that "you can't get a job if you don't understand", or as “easy”. These students have learned so much in such a short period of time and are eager to continue their learning in their internship and beyond.
What to expect
- Interviews are 30 mins long
- You will be onsite at Ada for a 4-hour period. Each team will interview 6 prospective interns in 30 min increments. Your intern will only come from the students you interview.
- You will interview at Ada, we have assigned a room for each team to interview their prospective students.
- Students will arrive at their designated time to interview
- Students will not bring their laptops with them unless you ask us to request that ahead of time
- Students will be nervous (who isn't in an interview?!)
- You choose your own questions to ask and provide feedback at the end
Tips for being a ROCKSTAR Interviewer
- Understand the Ada Curriculum (see below)
- Do not "well, actually" your interviewee, instead let them complete their thoughts and hold your feedback until the feedback phase of the interview
- Do not look at your phone instead of your interviewee
- Stay on schedule! - make sure that all students feel like they got the same energy and time as their peers
- Be sure to use correct pronouns
About the Ada Curriculum
- Students learn Ruby (~5 weeks), HTML/CSS (~2 weeks), Rails (~5 weeks), API Interactions (~3 weeks), JS (~4 weeks), as well as Agile, TDD< and CS Fundamentals (spread out throughout curriculum).
- During the classroom learning, students code A LOT. Ada's curriculum is based on building practical coding skills and teaching students how to learn rather than focusing on theoreticals. Coding hours accumulate to ~30+ per week, on top of Lectures, Guest Lectures, Networking Events, etc
- Check out the classroom curriculum --> Cohort Schedule (Summer/Fall) and (Winter/Spring)
- Know what Ada's Graduate learning goals --> Ada Graduate Profile
Choosing your Interview Questions You may ask any questions that you like, especially if you have some particular questions that you like to ask; but please consider the following information when picking your questions to make sure that you have an understanding of where our students are and what they have learned.
| Example Questions to Ask | Example Questions NOT to Ask |
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