by littlehope » Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:27 pm
I am a pursuing a Masters in Electrical Engineering and requested one year of funding. I have had/will be having a few interviews now as follows:
Date: 2/16/2017
How: Direct Phone Call/Left a Message (immediate interview upon return phone call)
Where: Shaw Air Force Base
The interview involved a description of the work they do there. What future career plans I wished to pursue (being as there are so many branches within electrical engineering). My interviewer was very helpful, but it's actually Shaw's first year to be a sponsoring facility so he asked if the SMART program gave us any more information about next steps, which gave me a chuckle as it seems that the SMART program is vague with the SFs as well. This facility was one of my listed preferences.
Date: 2/27/2017
How: Direct Phone Call/Left a Message
Where: USACE - St. Louis
I have not returned this call yet as it was mentioned they were seeking me out for an internship on a large construction project rather than employment upon graduation as the SMART scholarship suggests, which confused me slightly. This facility was not one of my listed preferences.
Date: 3/7/2017
How: 3 Direct Phone Call to set up and interviews for 3/8/2017
Where: Missile Defense Agency (2 in AL, 1 in VA)
I actually received three different phone calls from three different departments within MDA with regards to setting up interviews for the following day. I will have one in the morning, one in the earlier afternoon and the last in the later afternoon. The earlier ones specified that they will be contacting me and for the later one I received an email with a call in ID# and Pin#. None were aware of the others calling. This facility was not listed as one of my preferences due to me not being aware of what they do there when it came time to fill out my application, but upon researching more I am interested in speaking with them further.
I am a pursuing a Masters in Electrical Engineering and requested one year of funding. I have had/will be having a few interviews now as follows:
[b]Date:[/b] 2/16/2017
[b]How:[/b] Direct Phone Call/Left a Message (immediate interview upon return phone call)
[b]Where:[/b] Shaw Air Force Base
The interview involved a description of the work they do there. What future career plans I wished to pursue (being as there are so many branches within electrical engineering). My interviewer was very helpful, but it's actually Shaw's first year to be a sponsoring facility so he asked if the SMART program gave us any more information about next steps, which gave me a chuckle as it seems that the SMART program is vague with the SFs as well. [u]This facility was one of my listed preferences.[/u]
[b]Date:[/b] 2/27/2017
[b]How:[/b] Direct Phone Call/Left a Message
[b]Where:[/b] USACE - St. Louis
I have not returned this call yet as it was mentioned they were seeking me out for an internship on a large construction project rather than employment upon graduation as the SMART scholarship suggests, which confused me slightly. [u]This facility was not one of my listed preferences.[/u]
[b]Date:[/b] 3/7/2017
[b]How:[/b] 3 Direct Phone Call to set up and interviews for 3/8/2017
[b]Where:[/b] Missile Defense Agency (2 in AL, 1 in VA)
I actually received three different phone calls from three different departments within MDA with regards to setting up interviews for the following day. I will have one in the morning, one in the earlier afternoon and the last in the later afternoon. The earlier ones specified that they will be contacting me and for the later one I received an email with a call in ID# and Pin#. None were aware of the others calling. [u]This facility was not listed as one of my preferences[/u] due to me not being aware of what they do there when it came time to fill out my application, but upon researching more I am interested in speaking with them further.