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Hackathon Interview

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收到通知有 HKSTP online Hackathon interview 要做,有冇啲咩Tips?
編輯於2020年08月06日

Anthony@OnMyGrad
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恭喜晒🎉今年呢個programme似乎都係政府谷graduate employment之下嘅產物,所以第一年做無reference。不過唔緊要,都可以分享吓從employer角度分享吓公司點喺hackathon度做assessment,始終我哋都幫大企搞過😉

首先,睇你喺咩background從而定論你有咩大目標:
  • With technical background:你應該要充當一個Product Manager嘅角色,有興趣了解詳細職責或真實環境下嘅定位,可以自己search。但喺比賽下,你嘅職責係要做各隊員嘅coordinator,例如做idea前期嘅validation (例如好快咁搵fd who possibly by your user做吓survey)、分配資源(mostly timeline under competiton context)同Business plan (eg marketing, external parties liaison, pitching deck, presentation etc)
  • With technical background:你可以係engineer/designer (UX/UI as well),最重要最重要你哋真係要喺限時內整到個prototype出嚟,有咗差好遠;參賽前如果有ideas,自己準備定啲嘢先,you know what I mean 😉
題外話,就算無tech background,都可以上網搵定啲整prototype嘅tool,好多都簡單到好似整ppt咁,自己如果已經大概有ideas都未必整唔到;唔餵堆口,自己準備啦🤗

好,去到hackathon assessment rundown方面,可以記住以下部分係可以已經有assessors (from HKSTP or hiring companies)俾緊分或者甚至揀緊卒啦:(跟著正常時序排;帶頭盔先,唔係個個hackthon都一樣,但大同小異)

  • Elevator pitch:一分鐘時間俾你share自己ideas/自己experience,用嚟搵teammates / 俾人搵入team。好多時呢個session喺volyntary,記得一定要做;大佬,你明啦,呢個係一個interview,加上一定可以準備定,無嘢要驚。
  • 自由分組:記得,呢個係一個interview,無論要拒絕人定俾人拒絕,一定一定要有manner,同埋一定要入到組 LOL,FBI is watching you 😎 (不過網上搞有可能分埋俾你,唔sure,如果係咁就其實變番做一個AC😪)
  • Mentor Session:官方可能會安排一堆guests做你哋mentor,俾你哋喺Group discussion / team working time期間問佢哋意見。佢哋絕大部份都係嚟自請人嘅公司,甚至直接要人嘅部門,所以老虎蟹有幾多個就schedule幾多個,最好係你想入嘅公司嘅人;到到佢哋埋組,記得要問問題,問啲make sense嘅問題,例如係佢哋嘅經驗,有無咩previous failed cases等;如果官方做好mentor briefing,理論上佢哋會好welcome ideas if if they suck;如果無或者有意的,佢哋會瘋狂ban橋話你唔work又話自己做過等hardcore words,記得,要識做,esp如果佢哋有人之後做埋judge(通常你會知),如果你哋聽完comments有做constructive and meaningful pivot,佢哋會好impressed;但如果你哋搵到solution而堅持,可能又殺出一條路😉
  • Presentation:唔多講,當然最好有teamwork同presentable,贏到固然開心,但睇番之前經驗,輸又未必無下round interview,睇你之前部分做得好唔好啦。
最後,準備同ideas方面,記得要睇清楚參與嘅公司係做咩嘅有咩tech,費時mentor session露底,問埋啲"OnGrad"問題;仲有,ideas最好同參與公司有好大嘅synergy,或者所謂嘅business value-creation,咁先吸引到公司注意,始終都係一個interview😉

如果無咁complicated,咁佢其實只係一個用"hackathon"呢個字嘅assessment centre,無嘢好驚🤗All the best,做完麻煩分享一下經驗吧😉
編輯於2020年08月02日

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啱啱 in完, 佢地個interview 分上下晝, 去到嗰時已經assign咗group. 每個group 5-7個人, 分入去zoom room 到discuss 佢地4個topic入面其中一個. 本身話有2.5個鐘到, 但係去到30min in 就會話依家會bring forward 個deadline.

整體嚟講幾好玩, 但係同班strangers work over zoom 就其實幾麻煩, 因為有啲latency之類嘅野. 傾完之後有10min present + 10min question, 之後closing 然後等email.

冇野特別technical野可以prep, 因為去到先俾topic, 但係睇吓其他國家有冇啲咩innovation 去解決啲social problems 都應該有用.
編輯於2020年08月06日
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