By Hussain Sharif
When it comes to a co-op student’s first placement, juggling between job interviews, midterms, and assignments can become extremely difficult. Sometimes you will have placed all of your hope in landing one job that you liked only to find out you were not selected. In fact, often times [...]
MORE >>Interviewer for Interview Showdown 2
Currently work full time at Deloitte and Touche – Senior Consultant – Enterprise Risk Services (Governance, Risk and Capital Market Solutions) [....]
Interviewer for Interview Showdown Round 2
I’ve done two co-op terms so far, and both of them have been at the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission). Both were [...]
Interviewer for Interview Showdown Round 2
My interview with Rogers Communication Incorporated was quick and simple – I came in, exchanged salutations [...]
By Bushra Arshad
The first few times I had an interview, I was a nervous wreck. After every interview my family would ask me how the interview went, and each time I had the same reply: “It was horrible; I’m probably not getting the job”. It was true. I never ended up getting any of those jobs.
One day, after an interview I was on the phone [...]
MORE >>By Kashif Umer
What if you were caught by surprise and the person’s hand is already extended out?! OK, now you’re done for. No no, I’m just kidding! This situation is the most difficult to deal with though and you will have to exercise at lot of professionalism when dealing with it. This is where you want to have a quick [...]
MORE >>By Ali Saeed
I was in TC2228 with a manager from Honeywell. The job highlighted database experience and attention to detail as key skills. I had ample experience with databases and am meticulous by nature, so it was a perfect fit.
Then he asked, “List 3 weaknesses”
I just went blank for a second. Failing to formulate a [...]
By Nabil Faruk
A week ago I visited my old lab at UW’s Chem Eng dept. where I did my 2A co-op. Going in the door something gripped me; there was at least five young students with their laptops sitting in a row at a bench against a nearby wall. The lab felt crowded and at the same time I had a hunch that it was underused. For these were the often pitied and undermined volunteer students that could not [...]
MORE >> Wednesday Feb 10th
6:00pm – 9:00 pm (just drop in)
Location: TBA
Looking forwarding to seeing you all there, insha’Allah!
Also, if you are Interested in Volunteering then please email us at frosh@uwmsa.com.
May Allah(swt) bless your efforts and reward you for your intentions. Ameen.
