# Derya Kilic Interview ### May 21, 2021 **Course:** iOS **University:** University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ### Personal Questions *Tell me about yourself.* - Rising Junior majoring in CS *Why do you want to apply as a Tech Fellow?* - Learned a lot from the ios course - Learn really well by teaching others - Not well-known on the campus - No one wanted to be a tf at first *What skills do you have that would contribute as a Tech Fellow? Prior experiences?* - Hackathons - good team player - Thinks that being a tf means being a team-player - Fast learner - Loves learning new things *What does it take to build a good community in the classroom?* - Communication is key - Encourage hands-on teaching - Entertaining teaching - Having a study group amongst students - Collaborative - Respectful - me: how would you approach a student who is older than you as a TF? - She doesn't see it as a big problem *What skills do you want to build/improve on? (technical/non-technical)* - Communication skills - Technical teaching - teaching chess to her little sister *How was the TF application process? Would you make any changes to improve it?* - Hard to find the application - Had to redo the end of course survey *What would you improve in CodePath?* - The graders only check the gifs ### 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:** * Suggestion: Add a roadmap to your presentation * Effectively using a gif to elaborate functionalities :+1: * Flying through the slides :-1: * She said that this is a common shortcoming for herself. Something that she is trying to address and improve * Labelled diagram to explain important object :+1: * I can discern that you have a strong grasp on the topics, however, the presentation was a little fast (often non-linear) * **Verdict:** Pass ### 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? ---