It's been 4.5 years since graduation, and aside from sporting events, I haven't really been back on UW's campus much, at least when students are there. I got to be part of the Amazon team working the career fair targeting UW's computer science/engineering students. A few observations/thoughts:
- It was fun to be on the other side of the table. I can remember 5 years ago passing out resumes and talking with company delegates. It was in one such conversation that my resume got passed to an ex-classmate who had started at Amazon, which got me in their interview tract.
- I'm certainly biased, but what a great major to have all these cool (in my opinion) companies eager to hire you after an undergraduate degree: Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc.
- UW is still pumping out good candidates. Many of the people I spoke with and gave a small coding problem did quite well.
- Does the construction ever stop? The HUB is getting massacred right now, it seems like you can never be on campus without avoiding a construction site.
This past week included 3 days in Dallas doing campus interviewing. This was a first for me, but a valuable learning experience. Interviewing during the regular work week feels like more of a distraction, but to get to devote 3 days to back-to-back interviews definitely increased my chops and observations on how strong candidates answer questions. Good times!
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