## Please edit system and help pages ONLY in the master wiki! ## For more information, please see MoinMoin:MoinDev/Translation. ## IMPORTANT NOTE: ## When you use this page as a template for creating your project page: ## * please remove all lines starting with two hashes (##) ## * except the acl line, please keep that, but remove one hash, so it reads #acl ... ## * fix the acl line so it has the correct page instead of the sample Project/...Group ##acl Project/AdminGroup:admin,read,write,delete,revert Project/ReadWriteGroup:read,write Project/ReadGroup:read ##master-page:Unknown-Page ##master-date:Unknown-Date #format wiki #language en == Resources for independent research, internships, and careers == General guidelines for undergraduates research http://www.webguru.neu.edu/ === Get credit and guidance for your research first off === WISCIENCE Entering Research Series https://wiscience.wisc.edu/Entering-Research Inter-LS 260 Inter-LS 260 http://careers.ls.wisc.edu/academic-credit-and-more--students.htm Undergraduate Research Scholars program https://urs.ls.wisc.edu/ === UW-Madison undergraduate research awards === Board of Visitors Fund for Undergraduate Research: In 2013, the Physics Department's Board of Visitors has graciously established a new fund to support physics undergraduate research. Questions about the fund may be addressed to Professor Carlsmith. Venturewell sponsors undergraduate R&D in Garage Physics. Contact Professor Carlsmith for further information. The Department of Physics maintains a list of opportunities at http://www.physics.wisc.edu/academics/undergrads/news. Application forms are available at the websites listed below. Questions may be directed to Julie Stubbs, Director of the Undergraduate Academic Awards Office (1107 Nancy Nicholas Hall, 265-2428, awards@provost.wisc.edu ). FIRST YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Award for $1,000: Deadline March 15, 2016 (L&S undergraduates only) This award for leadership, service and scholarship recognizes students who have made outstanding leadership and service contributions to the University and/or the surrounding communities while maintaining a record of academic excellence. Requires essay, 2 recommendations, and resume. Charles Manthey Winter and Richard Ralph Winter Phoenix Rising Humanitarian Scholarship, for $1,000; deadline March 4, 2016 (L&S undergraduates only) For $1,000 rewards humanitarian achievement and service, encourages excellence and commitment in the application of humanitarian ideals, and affirms the moral obligation to provide for human welfare. Requires essay, 2 recommendations, and record of activities, achievements, and service. Troxell Glicksman Awards for $300 - $1,500 by faculty or staff nomination; (campus wide undergraduate women). Nominations deadline February 26, 2016. These awards recognize outstanding upperclass women whose qualifications include intellectual ability and curiosity, good citizenship, appreciation of the world outside herself and interest in participating in its affairs. Once nominated by faculty or staff, application materials are requested including short essay about future plans and resume. Selected applications are invited to a small group interview in early April. Incoming Freshmen Scholarships: General application for a variety of scholarships from $500 - $8,000 is due February 1, 2016. Application submissions include essays, activities, employment, service, honors and awards record; letter of recommendation, 12th grade course grades and schedule, and test or AP credits. Thermo Scientific Scholars for $5,000 per year for 4 years for L&S/Engineering incoming freshmen with particular areas of study only) is due March 1, 2016. Application is for very specific science, technology or math areas of study (not clinical medicine track). Essay, 1 letter of recommendation (science or math instructors only), activities, employment, service, honors and awards record; and 12 grade course grades and schedule, and test or AP credits. Financial need is required. A FAFSA must be on file by April 1, 2016. Students can apply for all opportunities listed above at: https://scholarships.wisc.edu/StudentApp Scholarships for summer term at UW-Madison https://summer.wisc.edu/summer-scholarship/ Sophomore and later research fellowhsips and awards Funded by a one-year University of Wisconsin System Undergraduate Research & Discovery Grant, the Sophomore Research Fellowships support undergraduate research done in collaboration with UW–Madison faculty or research/instructional academic staff. Approximately 15 awards are available. The student researcher receives $2,500, and the faculty/staff research advisor receives $500 to help offset research costs (e.g., supplies, faculty or student travel related to the project). The application deadline is March 9, 2015. Directions for accessing the on-line application, instructions and FAQs can be found at the UAA website. http://awards.advising.wisc.edu/sophomore-research-fellowship/ . HILLDALE UNDERGRADUATE/FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND HOLSTROM ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPS provide support for collaborative research between undergraduate students and faculty or research/instructional academic staff members. Each provides a grant of $3,000 to the student and $500 to the faculty/staff mentor (up to $1,000 under exceptional circumstances) to help offset research costs. Students must have at least junior standing at the time of application. The Holstrom Scholarships require an environmental focus. We’re pleased to announce this year the McPherson Eye Research Institute will sponsor one additional Hilldale Fellowship for vision based research (including bioengineering, imaging, data visualization, ophthalmology and general biology of the eye). The application deadline is February 17, 2014. Directions for accessing the on-line application, instructions and FAQs can be found at the UAA website. < http://www.provost.wisc.edu/hilldale.htm> WISCONSIN IDEA UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS are awarded to undergraduate students to develop and implement community-based research or service-learning projects that will meet a community identified need (local, national or international) under the supervision of a UW-Madison faculty or instructional academic staff member. Fellowships provide three (3) academic credits, a stipend of up to $3000 to a student ($5000 for a group of up to five students) and up to $2000 to help offset project related costs. The application deadline for 2014-15 fellowships is February 14, 2014. The on-line application, instructions and FAQs can be found on the Morgridge Center for Public Service website. < http://morgridge.wisc.edu/programs/wif/ > UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS provide $1,000 to undergraduate students who have distinguished themselves by completing outstanding projects, such as a senior thesis, at UW-Madison. Students must be enrolled in a degree program during the 2013-14 academic year (December 2013 graduates may apply). Applications are due March 24, 2014. Directions for accessing the on-line application can be found at the UAA website. < http://www.provost.wisc.edu/university-bookstore.htm> WID Frontier Fellows program for undergraduates http://wid.wisc.edu/fellows/frontier-fellows/ Undergraduate Research Award--for general research projects. If Garage Physics members ever decide to take on a bigger project, this is a great place to get the funds for it. Deadline Nov 15 UW Undergraduate Research Program: http://www.lssaa.wisc.edu/urs/research/index.html UW Letter and Science Honors Program: http://www.honors.ls.wisc.edu/SiteContent.aspx?prev=1&id=46 UW Undergraduate Symposium: http://www.learning.wisc.edu/ugsymposium/ Wisconsin Idea Fellowships http://www.morgridge.wisc.edu/students-wisconsin-idea-fellowships.htm UW-Madison Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) http://grad.wisc.edu/diversity/srop UW-Madison undergradute research opportunity links http://provost.wisc.edu/undergradresearch.htm and http://awards.advising.wisc.edu/sophomore-research-fellowship/ UW-Madison Physics Department student opportunities link http://www.physics.wisc.edu/academics/undergrads/news ==== Other undergraduate research awards ==== The "Future Faces of Physics" Award--Outreach to underrepresented students in physics. Can the physics club and garage physics partner up to do a project to reach out to students in rural WI and show them the awesomeness of physics? Or to minority students in Milwaukee? Or young women in the Madison area? You get the idea. Deadline Oct 15 http://www.spsnational.org/programs/awards/futurefaces.htm Society of Physics Students Marsh White Awards--Outreach to the general public like the WI Science Festival would qualify for this award. Deadline Nov 15 http://www.spsnational.org/programs/awards/white.htm Wisconsin Space Grant: http://www.uwgb.edu/wsgc/ Student Awards Program in Fuel Cycle Research: http://www.fuelcycleinnovations.org/ Wisconsin Transportation Scholarship http://www.wtba.org/scholarships/ APS DNP Conference Experience for Undergraduates http://physics.westmont.edu/ceu DAAD RISE-Research Internships in Science and Engineering: http://www.daad.de/rise/en/ Optical Society of America student grants and fellowship http://www.osa.org/en-us/membership/student_services/awards_grants_fellowships/ UW Grants http://grants.library.wisc.edu/index.html Student Research on Campus Sustainability Award http://www.aashe.org/about/aashe-awards/student-research AAPT award for development of an advanced educational laboratory http://www.aapt.org/Programs/grants/aapt_alpha_award.cfm AAPT $25k Venture Fund for development of a product related to education in physics http://www.aapt.org/Programs/grants/venturefund.cfm === Awards for physics teachers === Hashim A. Yamani Membership Grants https://www.aapt.org/Programs/grants/Yamani.cfm === International Internships === Search at https://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/iip/opportunities/index.asp Optics in the city of light REU program in Paris www.engin.umich.edu/ipe/iREU === Funding for graduate student projects === WARF Discovery Challenge: http://www.warf.org/about/index.jsp?cid=61&scid=129 WID Emerging Interfaces Award: http://wid.wisc.edu/programs/emerging-interfaces-award/application/ National Academies http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/ Semiconductor Research Corporation http://www.src.org/student-center/ AAUW grants and fellowships http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/ === General grants, contests, awards === Humanitarian tech development grants roundup http://www.engineeringforchange.org/humanitarian-tech-development-grants-roundup/ Sustainable design contests and awards roundup http://www.engineeringforchange.org/sustainable-design-contests-and-awards-roundup/ === Summer schools in physics open to undergrads === Utrecht Theoretical physics https://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/science/theoretical-physics UC-Davis Nuclear Analytical Techniques http://nssc.physics.ucdavis.edu/nat2017/ === Internships (local and United States) === Wait a sec, get credit for your internship through Inter-LS 260 http://careers.ls.wisc.edu/academic-credit-and-more--students.htm , [[http://interlsinternship.pbworks.com/w/page/40023635/INTER-LS%20260%20-%20About%20the%20Course|http://interlsinternship.pbworks.com/w/page/40023635/INTER-LS%20260%20-%20About%20the%20Course]] NSF https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/ DOE http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/ NASA https://intern.nasa.gov/ APL http://www.jhuapl.edu/employment/summer/ http://www.jhuapl.edu/education/diversity/gem.asp DOE/INFN Summer Exchange Program: http://www.infn.it/summer_student/ SLAC http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/humanresources/diversity-office/summer-student-program.aspx and https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/community/educational-outreach-programs.aspx NIST http://nist-takingmeasure.blogs.govdelivery.com/calling-college-stem-students-why-you-should-consider-a-summer-internship-nist/ UW REU Program: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/undergrads/uw-madison-reu-program/ Harvard WYSS. Wyss-funded summer research positions for undergraduates from any university to work at the Wyss will be advertised through the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science's REU program. http://wyss.harvard.edu/ Biomedical Engineering Society: http://bmes.org/about Carnegie Institition of Washington Summer Scholars program https://www.gl.ciw.edu/static/groups/summerscholars/about.html Harvard Smithsonian Observatory solar and space science http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/opportunities/solar_reu/index.html NIH SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (SIP) and other NIH fields https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip, https://www.training.nih.gov/resources/faqs/summer_interns Academic credit for internships, Internship in the Liberal Arts & Sciences [[http://interlsinternship.pbworks.com/w/page/20058673/INTER-LS%20260|http://interlsinternship.pbworks.com/w/page/20058673/INTER-LS%20260]], http://careers.ls.wisc.edu/academic-credit-and-more--students.htm Federal Pathways program internships https://www.usajobs.gov/StudentsAndGrads Webguru listings of undergraduate summer science research opportunities(includes physical sciences) http://www.webguru.neu.edu/program-listings/ur-listings Bioprocess Engineering for Sustainability http://ww2.bse.vt.edu/reu/ Internships in Medical Physics http://www.aapm.org/search/search.asp?page=1&keyword=internship&submit=Go Public Forum Institute - policy internship in Washington http://publicforuminstitute.org/about/internships/ NREIP intern program http://www.asee.org/fellowship-programs/undergraduate Long list of national internships http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/research/summer-research.htm SRI International http://www.sri.com/careers/students-faculty-and-fellows 150 or so REU websites at COMPADRE http://www.compadre.org/student/research/browse.cfm?SortBy=DeadlineOrder&Archive=1 Delphi Corporation summer internships http://delphigraduates.com/programs/ Intel internships and jobs http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/jobs/locations/united-states/students/future-engineers.html Shell Assessed Internships http://www.shell.com/global/aboutshell/careers/students-and-graduates/shell-graduate-programme/internship.html Office of Science and Technology Policy summer internships (upaid, Washington DC) http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/student American Association of Physicists in Medicine Summer Undergraduate Fellowships http://gaf.aapm.org/ http://www.aapm.org/education/default.asp Dept of Commerce https://www.commerce.gov/page/internships-department-commerce Blue Origin space tech https://www.blueorigin.com/careers/job/8a87142e4c5a35ad014c76061bf817f7 Information Technology and Innovation foundation (think tank) https://itif.org/jobs Federation of American Scientists https://fas.org/about-fas/career-opportunities/ provides science-based analysis of and solutions to protect against catastrophic threats to national and international security. Boom Technologies aerospace http://www.internships.com/mobile/posting/Aerospace-Engineering-Intern-I8607596 === Internships/jobs in finance where physics majors are in demand === R.J.O'Brian, Chicago. Contact John Coleman "please encourage any of your students to message me with any questions about trading, banks and brokerage concerns, derivatves, etc." https://www.rjobrien.com/ DRW trading. John Coleman writes "Encourage your students to interview with DRW trading (Chicago) as well. Like RJO, they are part of UW's recruitment process in Sept. They love pulling cognitive diversity from the sciences (not the biz schools). Extended coding knowledge a big plus with them., https://drw.com/ === Local private opportunities === Shine Medical Technologies (2013 Startup in Monona): http://careers.shinemed.com/job-type/internship/. For an overview of the the medical isotope industry, see http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/radioisotopes-research/radioisotopes-in-medicine.aspx Atom Probe (Madison, microscopes) http://www.atomprobe.com/ Thomas F. Kelly, Ph.D. Division Vice President of AMETEK, Inc., CAMECA Instruments, Inc. 5500 Nobel Drive, Suite 100, thomas.kelly@ametek.com Madison, WI 53711-4951 www.cameca.com Direct Phone: +1.608.229.1954 Main Phone: +1.608.274.6880 or toll free +1.877.464.6246 Fax: +1.608.442.0622 Mobile: +1.608.239.8470 DesignConcepts http://www.design-concepts.com/jobs === International Internships === UW Programs list http://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu/programs/program.asp?program_id=343 Engineers without borders http://www.ewb-usa.org/work-with-us/learning-opportunities/ === Scholarships === APS Society of Physics Students list http://www.compadre.org/student/scholarships/browse.cfm APS list http://www.aps.org/programs/education/undergrad/students/scholarships.cfm Horizon http://wid.ndia.org/horizon/Pages/default.aspx Anita Borg Institute for women in computing http://anitaborg.org/awards-grants/ghc-scholarship-grants/ American Society for Engineering Education SMART scholarship, and NASA Aeronautic Scholarship http://www.asee.org/fellowship-programs/undergraduate Barry Goldwater Scholarship https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/index.php === Professional Organizations === American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/ American Institute of Physics http://www.aip.org/ Society of Physics Students http://www.spsnational.org/ National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance | NCIIA http://nciia.org/students/ Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/ Optical Society of American http://www.osa.org SPIE Student Chapter UW-Madison http://spie.microscopy.wisc.edu/about American Society for Engineering Education http://www.asee.org/fellowship-programs/undergraduate List of professional societies with ABET accreditation http://www.abet.org/member-society-list/ === Entrepreneur? === KERN Foundation http://www.keennetwork.org/ Venturewell http://www.venturewell.org/ === Interested in teaching? === STEMTeach https://www.uwrf.edu/Catalog/DegreeRequirements/STEMteach.cfm === Awards for entrepreneurs === Department of Energy Phase 0 SBIR program "for women- and minority-owned small businesses, as well as small R&D firms located in states that have historically had low submission rates to the DOE SBIR/STTR programs" including WIsconsin http://www.dawnbreaker.com/doephase0/services.php === Crowd funding === Crowdfunding: More than money, a powerful new way of jumpstarting entrepreneurship education https://www.academia.edu/6440817/CROWDFUNDING_MORE_THAN_MONEY_JUMPSTARTING_UNIVERSITY_ENTREPRENEURSHIP “March 3 2014, Kickstarter pass $1B in pledges." http://www.slideshare.net/CogswellCollege/cogswell-college-handson-crowdfunding-workshop-march-29 Experiment https://experiment.com/discover Kickstarter: http://kickstarter.com Eureka Fund http://eurekafund.org/projects/category Petridish http://www.petridish.org/ FundAGeek http://www.fundageek.com 21 Examples of Crowd sourced fundraising platforms http://www.alumnifutures.com/2012/07/crowdsourced.html Crowd funding for universities http://www.launcht.com/blog/2012/12/18/state-of-crowdfunding-in-higher-education/ Tomorrow’s coolest products from today’s best Makers. http://www.dragoninnovation.com/ Fundly http://fundly.com/fundraising-ideas === Other sources === Do Something! http://www.dosomething.org/about/who-we-are National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance http://nciia.org/grants The Awesome Foundation http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en === EU === Looking for project ideas? Try http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html === Careers === Physics careers toolbox https://www.spsnational.org/sites/default/files/files/careerstoolbox/Careers%20toolbox%20book%20-2017%20-%20final.pdf Bureau of Labor Statistics, Physicists and Astronomers, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/physicists-and-astronomers.htm#tab-1 American Institute of Physics (AIP) employment data https://www.aip.org/statistics/employment Careers, salaries, company names... The following may interest you. You could look to these companies for internships in the private sector. Pick a state you'd like to check out, any state, and look up the company webpages. Check Badger Bridge for a Badger contact. https://www.aip.org/statistics/whos-hiring-physics-bachelors?dm_i=21LG,5Z83A,KJVYS0,NFC9Z,1 For data on Physics PhD's, see https://www.aip.org/statistics/whos-hiring-physics-phds?dm_i=21LG,5Z83A,KJVYS0,NFC9Z,1 Society of Physics Students Career advice and resources http://www.spsnational.org/cup/advice/training.html, http://www.spsnational.org/cup/resources.html APS Career Insight slideshow on careers with links to research http://www.aps.org/careers/insight/archive.cfm APS Career advice http://www.aps.org/careers/guidance/guide/index.cfm UW-Madison advice http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/advising/planning.htm, http://careers.ls.wisc.edu/, http://www.ccas.wisc.edu/explorationcenter/, http://uwhelp.wisconsin.edu/careers/madison.aspx AAPT careers information http://jobs.aapt.org/ American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Individual Development Plans (recommended), http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_05_14/caredit.a1300100 UW-Madison Individual Development plans (recommended for all postdocs, graduate students and undergraduates) http://grad.wisc.edu/pd/idp Career cornerstone - careers in physics http://www.careercornerstone.org/physics/physics.htm The challenge of industrial physics (Physics today) [[http://scitation.aip.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=American+Institute+of+Physics&utm_campaign=4580371_+Physics+Today:+The+week+in+Physics+11-15+August+&dm_i=1Y69,2Q68J,E1N5G9,9XSG6,1|http://scitation.aip.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=American+Institute+of+Physics&utm_campaign=4580371_+Physics+Today%3a+The+week+in+Physics+11-15+August+&dm_i=1Y69,2Q68J,E1N5G9,9XSG6,1]] Generic help http://www.careerperfect.com/, http://jobstar.org/ === Jobs === The state of the job market in science (feb 2016) http://jobs.mendeley.com/article/the-state-of-the-job-market-in-science/. "about a third of employers use referrals from their own employees for recruiting" "More than 40 per cent of companies now recruit directly on LinkedIn." Vault.com http://jobs.vault.com/JobSeeker/JobList.aspx Wetfeet guides (Explore top companies for science) http://wetfeet.com A commercial career matching service http://www.sigi3.org Jobs listing sites: Careershift, CareerSearch, Indeed, SimplyHired APS, AAPT, e.g. https://www.indeed.com/jobs?as_and=physics&as_phr=&as_any=&as_not=&as_ttl=&as_cmp=&jt=all&st=&salary=&radius=25&l=Wisconsin&fromage=any&limit=10&sort=&psf=advsrch Mendeley job listings http://jobs.mendeley.com/jobs/physics/ Listen to interviews with Badgers as they look back to their UW experience http://www.ls.wisc.edu/careerinitiative-vignettes.html Social impact of career choices: https://80000hours.org/ Insight data science fellowships http://insightdatascience.com/ === Grad school === Physics GRE prep http://www.physicsgreprep.com/index.html, http://www.physicsgreprep.com/links.html === CVs/Resumes === UW Writing Center help http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Resume.html Examples http://www.super-resume.com/ === Career guides === Transitioning your career beyond academia (for physicists) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp9Gm02ipWM Networking for Nerds: Find, Access and Land Hidden Game-Changing Career Opportunities Everywhere, Yalda Hakim, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/book/10.1002/9781118663653 === Questions to ask in an interview === Easy-to-ask, revealing-to-answer questions for you to take with you to an interview: 1. What's the biggest change your group has gone through in the last year? Does your group feel like the tough times are over and things are getting better, or are things still pretty bleak? What's the plan to handle to either scenario? 2. If I get the job, how do I earn a "gold star" on my performance review? What are the key accomplishments you'd like to see in this role over the next year? 3. What's your (or my future boss') leadership style? 4. About which competitor are you most worried? 5. How does sales / operations / technology / marketing / finance work around here? (I.e., groups other than the one you're interviewing for.) 6. What type of people are successful here? What type of people are not? 7. What's one thing that's key to this company's success that somebody from outside the company wouldn't know about? 8. How did you get your start in this industry? Why do you stay? 9. What are your group's best and worst working relationships with other groups in the company? What are the pain points you have to deal with day-to-day? 10. What keeps you up at night? What's your biggest worry these days? 11. What's the timeline for making a decision on this position? When should I get back in touch with you? 12. These are tough economic times, and every position is precious when it comes to the budget. Why did you decide to hire somebody for this position instead of the many other roles / jobs you could have hired for? What about this position made you prioritize it over others? 13. What is your reward system? Is it a star system / team-oriented / equity-based / bonus-based / "attaboy!"-based? Why is that your reward system? What do you guys hope to get out of it, and what actually happens when you put it into practice? What are the positives and the negatives of your reward system? If you could change any one thing, what would it be? 14. What information is shared with the employees (revenues, costs, operating metrics)? Is this an "open book" shop, or do you play it closer to the vest? How is information shared? How do I get access to the information I need to be successful in this job? 15. If we are going to have a very successful year in 2015, what will that look like? What will we have done over the next 6 months to make it successful? How does this position help achieve those goals? (This question helps show your ability to look beyond today's duties to the future more than a year away.) 16. How does the company / my future boss do performance reviews? How do I make the most of the performance review process to ensure that I'm doing the best I can for the company? 17. What is the rhythm to the work around here? Is there a time of year that it's "all hands on deck" and we're pulling all-nighters, or is it pretty consistent throughout the year? How about during the week / month? Is it pretty evenly spread throughout the week / month, or are there crunch days? 18. What type of industry / functional / skills-based experience and background are you looking for in the person who will fill this position? What would the "perfect" candidate look like? How do you assess my experience in comparison? What gaps do you see? 19. What is your (or my future boss') hiring philosophy? Is it "hire the attitude / teach the skills" or are you primarily looking to add people with domain expertise first and foremost? 20. In my career, I've primarily enjoyed working with big / small / growing / independent / private / public / family-run companies. If that's the case, how successful will I be at your firm? 21. Who are the heroes at your company? What characteristics do the people who are most celebrated have in common with each other? Conversely, what are the characteristics that are common to the promising people you hired, but who then flamed out and failed or left? As I'm considering whether or not I'd be successful here, how should I think about the experiences of the heroes and of the flame-outs? - Marc Cenedella marc@salesladder.com