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How to Hire an Intern

Adam Novak edited this page Sep 15, 2023 · 3 revisions
  • Talk to Benedict about how many interns we can have.
  • Talk to Kim to get the intern Google Forms application promoted.
  • Talk to Rose Miyatsu to get the job opening promoted on the GI web site.
  • Email "bioinformatics (computational biology) at UCSC" compbio@soe.ucsc.edu and "Bioengineering, Biomolecular Engineering, and Bioinformatics undergrads" bmeb-ugrads@soe.ucsc.edu lists to promote the position. If you can't use them directly, go through Kevin Karplus.
  • Wait for applications to arrive.
  • Collect applications from the big spreadsheet
  • Make sure the programming test is up to date.
  • Talk to Kim to get her to administer the programming test to them. Make sure they have enough time to complete it.
  • Grade the results using a rubric. Sum across questions and evaluators and make a shortlist of who to interview.
  • Prepare a set of interview questions appropriate to the interview timeslot length. The stock questions we use are slightly too long for a half-hour interview.
  • Create an interview panel from Toil and any other projects hiring.
  • Talk to Kim to get her to schedule the interviews with the panel. Make sure the students get a copy of the questions slightly before the interview starts, so they are not shocked.
  • Conduct the interviews.
  • Evaluate the interview notes. Sum across raters and make a shortlist per project of who to hire.
  • Draft interns to projects until out of good candidates or money.
  • Talk to Nadine and Greta to get FOPAL codes from which to pay the interns, and to confirm funding actually is available for the number of interns you want.
  • Complete the form template at https://businessoffice.soe.ucsc.edu/student-employment-information and send it to Denise Goss. Steal liberally from the previous year's form. Also CC Katrina Learned.
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