SHUT UP and RELAX: Interviewing

Practicing interviews was awkward at first.  Then I remembered that interviewing for a job is sometimes awkward at first too so this turned out to be good practice. The hardest thing for me during an interview is to make my point and then to stop talking.  If I don’t make myself clear the first time I answer the question, I tend to keep filling space until I feel like I have made my point, or just talked myself in circles. 

After talking about how the interview went answering the questions again went much better. It could have been because I knew what questions were coming but I think the biggest difference was the length of my answers.  I tried hard to think for a second after the question was asked, decide what my point would be, and then to make my point and shut up.  This helped a lot and made me sound more present, and collected. 

The best advice I could give someone going into an interview is to RELAX. After the first person practiced with me I tried to relax and not be so afraid while the second person was interviewing me. This made thinking about my answers easier and also took a lot of pressure off when I didn’t know how to answer.

Subject Librarian

Meeting with the librarian was helpful to me.  This is my first semester at BYU and it made a big difference to have the librarian show me around the library site. Specifically, he was helpful in showing me how he does research. He showed me how he looks at how pieces are connected and how they reference each other.  The most useful thing he showed me is how to see what other sources referenced a piece.  I found this tool useful in finding how relevant a source is based on how it has been used by other people in the field. 

About Me

About Me: Tel Dyer

I grew up in a small and isolated town called Delta, located in Millard County.  My grandpa was a veterinarian and when the family wasn’t helping at the clinic, we were hunting ducks and geese on the river or in the fields.  I wanted to be a vet growing up but have since taken a liking to computer science and software development.  My major is Computer Science and I plan to graduate in spring of 2019.

I moved to Utah County during elementary school and spent much of my time traveling with my two sisters as a trio singing bluegrass and country music.  I still play the guitar, write music, and travel with professional groups playing music.
 

Group Presentations

Group 1- great organization, make more exciting
Group 2- great teamwork, be more persuasive on your idea
Group 4- made great connections with each slide, keep explanations little more brief
Group 5- great organization, use more sources
Group 6- very persuasive, better transition between slides
Group 7- love the idea, look at audience more
Group 8- great team chemistry, make some slides more brief
Group 9- Every slide was effective, more explanations

Group Presentation Review

Group 2:
Pros: Brought up a good point that BYU has an office for depression and anxiety, but that they did not have a good work-out area.
Cons: Lots of words on your slides. Sometimes felt like you were reading from them.

Group 3:
Pros: Great job going into detail about the costs and how that would work.
Cons: Had trouble understanding your idea at first, better explanation could really help convince others of your point even more.

Group 4:
Pros: Easy to understand and good visuals.
Cons: Didn't address some of the main logistical problems.

Group 5:
Pros: Good job on your slides and explaining what your idea is. Very clear.
Cons: Reviewing your qualifications would be good. Presentation was good, but at times it was hard to categorize what point you were talking about.

Group 6:
Pros: Wonderful slides!!!
Cons: When discussing the problems with BioDeisel, you used some technical terms that I did not understand.

Group 7:
Pros: great presentation. Your idea was very clearly set forth and convincing.
Cons: When presenting you seemed like you looked at the screen most of the time. More eye contact would be good.

Group 8:
Pros: Overall, very convincing. You addressed your audience very well and really helped to communicate your point.
Cons: There was a lot of info on some of your slides. Cutting some of that information out and just saying it would be good.

Group 9:
Pros: Great job using the website to show how secure passwords are. Really brought validity to your point.
Cons: Slides seemed a bit crowded.

Group Feedback

• Group 1: Food place on campus ○ Did well: Good overview of the plan at the beginning ○ Could improve on: A little too much detail for some of the talking points • Group 2: Better exercise facilities ○ Did well: Good explanation of complex brain function ○ Could improve on: Said something similar to 'so you see this needs updating' a number of times. • Group 3: Shuttle system ○ Did well: Good conclusion, it really summed up everything nicely. ○ Could improve on: Some of the slides had all of the text to say. • Group 5: Tires ○ Did well: Great intro and presentation skills ○ Could improve on: I really couldn't think of anything, it was fun and engaging. • Group 6: Fossil Fuels ○ Did well: Good explanation of the benefits you would provide. ○ Could improve on: Some of the pictures had a ton of words • Group 7: Overcrowded trails ○ Did well: Good layout of the current situation and what is to be done about it, also good simple graphics ○ Could improve on: It was good, maybe show a little more passion? • Group 8: Scholarships for transfer students ○ Did well: Had a good explanations of the costs and benefits ○ Could improve on: A lot of text on slides • Group 9: Improve password security ○ Did well: Explain why passwords are easy Could improve on: Passwords are pretty boring, and you did a good job of making them not as boring, but it was still passwords at the end of the day. It did convince me to care a little bit more about my passwords though.

Group Presentation Review

Group 1

Pro: The group gives a clear introduction of current food situation on the south campus. The proposal to solve the situation is clear

Cons: Did not list the challenges to build the express food station, such as inspection.

Group2

Pro: This group talks clearly about the benefit of the proposal on building the new sport facilities.

Cons: It rarely talks about the complications that associate with the proposal.

Group3:

Pro: The proposal to have a shuttle system is clear, which includes the cost and benefits.

Con: The proposal requires a tuition increase to implement the program; however, there is no research on the number of student will take the shuttle, and the shuttle capacity.

Group 4

Pro: This proposal gives us a new insight of car service can be done outside the mechanics shop.

Cons: There is no comparison between the service program in the proposal and the traditional mechanics shop.

Group5

Pro: The topic is clear, and the topic is interesting, and the app for food 

Con: There is no comparison between the current app and the new app

Group 7

Pro: The slide in the presentation is clear and easy to follow.

Con: Give more details how the proposal gets the funding from.

Group8

Pro: The introduction is clear, and the content on the slide is simple and easy to understand

Con: There are not lots of statistics on opposition side of the proposal.

Group9:

Pro: The proposal is interesting, and the presenters give details to create a strong password.

Con: It does more compare the pro and cons of creating the complex password. Maybe more statistics will be helpful.