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Free Portfolio Template

Link to the Template With the growing emphasis on practical skills, more companies are looking at portfolios alongside traditional resumes when evaluating engineers in mechanical, electrical, and data science. A well-crafted portfolio can showcase your projects, technical abilities, and problem-solving approach in ways that resumes alone cannot. This is a free portfolio template. You can host your site for free in 15 minutes! Check out the demo here.

Mechanical Design Problem Set #1

[ ETA 2/28 ] This would be applicable to mechatronic and instrumentation design field. In the following set, I can cover more software (serial communication / thermal and motion control / image recognition, etc) if many are interested The structure of the problem sets will be

Theoretical questions in statics / dynamics / thermal / fluids
Simple concept design sketch
Design for manufacturing / rough cost estimate / material selection
Simple CAD design to see the ability to come up with most simple and cost effective design
More complicated CAD design that will challenge the understanding of vibration / precision / optics / thermal considerations

Hiring Manager's Perspective #1

[ETA 2/28] I’ll walk through the hiring process from initial posting to phone screening. I plan to specifically cover what happens when I first receive a pile of resumes and what I’m looking for in a resume / portfolio as I prepare for the initial screening call. I’ll also highlight examples of candidates who stood out positively and those I decided to pass on immediately.

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