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# 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?

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