2 days ago I got an email from the ece-jobs mailing list at montana state about an opening for an intern at a company called Image Labs International. I visited their website, read the description of what they were expecting of a new hire, and decided that it was out of my league. They said they wanted a 3rd year student and I had no clue what some of the things were on the list of things they wanted the hire to do. All they wanted was a resume emailed in, so I said what the heck. I sent the email expecting nothing. This morning I got a call and they wanted me to come in for an interview. So after my ee lab ended at 4pm, I got dressed up and rode my bike a couple miles to their office.
Image Labs International does some really cool stuff. They focus on machine vision applications. They are one of the only companies that build quality control stations for catalytic converters. Basically what they wanted me to do was take some of the work away from one of their engineers that was needed to focus more time on other things. I got a tour of their small offices and got to look at the products that they design. After the tour, I recieved a thorough interview about my experiences with electronics and software. The interviewer asked lots of questions about what I would do to troubleshoot a windows computer in various scenarios, which I answered easily. Then he quized me on my electrical engineering knowledge, which is very limited. Overall I thought that the interview went as well as it could. I answered what I knew, but I have some gaping holes in my knowledge that have yet to be filled by taking higher level electrical engineering classes. I think that the company would be better off hiring someone with more technical knowledge than me so I am not going to hold my breath.
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