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# Muhammad Hamza Niaz Interview

**Date:19 June 2021** 
**Course:** iOS/Cyber/Android
**University: SUNY Buffalo**
**Email: hamzaniaz9856@gmail.com** 

### Personal Questions
*Tell me about yourself.*
- Junior, majoring at computer science 
- Doing reserach data science 

*Why do you want to apply as a Tech Fellow?*
- Went to info session
    - Growth opportunity about being a techfellow 
    - The opportuhnity to teach fellow students about ios development
    - Otion for students to get into mobile development

*What skills do you have that would contribute as a Tech Fellow? Prior experiences?*
- Hardworker and dedicated 
- Self starting 


*What does it take to build a good community in the classroom?*
- Teaching a way that gets to everyone 
- Re-inforcing the material 
- Being a great communicator in class
- spening more time in class to help students 

*What skills do you want to build/improve on? (technical/non-technical)*
- Communication 
- Confidence 
- Build rapor to everyone 
- Learning more about swift and ios development 

*How was the TF application process? Would you make any changes to improve it?*
- Pretty good 
    - Gave a chnace to toy with swift
- Had a chance to choose if I really want to undertand swift

*What would you improve in CodePath?*
- Codepath to offer more datastructures to techfellows so they can teach to students 


### 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.

* **Additional notes:**
* **Verdict:** Pass/Fail

### Tech Fellow Covid Grant

Grant of `$599` sent directly to tech fellows via PayPal. All Tech Fellows can apply (for-credit, non-credit, returning, new, etc.). To qualify, TFs must:

* Write an essay about COVID + CodePath community-building
* Attend + Participate 9-week leadership training
* Recruit minimum of 15 students (Admitted status)

Application Opens: tba
Application Deadline: tba


ASK TF IF ANY QUESTIONS?

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