Dear Engineering Students,
One-stop Training for IT Job 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)
09:30-10:00
10:00-11:15
11:15-12:15
Group 1
Assigned to Seminar,
CV Writing Workshop,
and Mock Interview
Quota: 20
Seminar
CV Writing Workshop
Mock Interview
Group 2
Assigned to Seminar
and Mock Interview only
Group 3
Assigned to Seminar
and CV Workshop only
Quota: 20
Seminar
Mock Interview
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Quota: 20
Seminar
CV Writing Workshop
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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 some engineering 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 managers experienced 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 Career Center, Student Affairs Office,
HKUST can surely help.
APPLICATION METHOD
To apply, please prepare a 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 your mock application (including CV, cover letter and CGA) to enggjob1@ust.hk on 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 enggjob1@ust.hk.
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:
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Embedded device product development
Software project coordination
Software quality assurance
Requirements:
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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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Company: ASTRI
Position: Engineer, Software Design
Duties:
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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:
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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 nextgeneration 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:
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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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Company: Goldman Sachs
Position: Technical Support
Duties:
Our IT function is responsible for building and maintaining complex trading
applications and systems 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 as business
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
the user 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 a Computer 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.