# Manish Rajendran Interview ### 5/16/2020 **Course:** iOS **University:** Michigan State ### Personal Questions *Tell me about yourself.* - Tuurns project! - 5th year senior at Michigan - Ever since was young had interest in building things and felt software was more interesting - ally fince intern intrested in ios and web dev *Why do you want to apply as a Tech Fellow?* - wanted to learn ios and looked into apple affilation with miscigan and friends were in codepath likes a teaching aspect a TA for a web dev class - got into web dev when started creating things he could publish and show off to friends and family - Will was friends with him and so will encouraged him to go for CodePath *What skills do you have that would contribute as a Tech Fellow? Prior experiences?* - A TA for web dev class and involved in clubs, persionable experences helping students takes charge and tey to make students susceeful by seeing what works - empathetic - easy to relate and get along - passionate about teaching and making sure students learn well *What does it take to build a good community in the classroom?* - motivation when thay have other classes to stay involved - *What are your apprehensions or which areas you believe needs improvement & support.* - most important team was how to utilize time when they meet in the class room - for ex) felt a little disorganized - some days work on homework some days work on assignments - feels like doing a live demo on more in depth swift or things like Parse would be super helpful in building more structure and helping students feel more prepared for the group projects - API workshops - had lots of difficulties with Parse *In what areas would you like CodePath to help you with?* - Basically just how to be a better presenter - as a TA was mainly one on one - how to teach things to group as a whole and everyone is at a different pace so wants a structure that works with everyone - Would like to network more with TFs and improve circle ### Live Demo Applicants should present their favorite tool that they used from the previous course that they've taken with. This should be presented through slides. - felt instructions for the live demo presentation were a little vague! so just made a presentation where he just talked about the steps and kinda like a walkthrough of making the tip calculator - * **Additional notes:** * **Verdict:** Pass ASK TF IF ANY QUESTIONS? ---