Athena Training Group

Student Job Application

Fall 2001

Once you have submitted this form, we will contact you via e-mail to discuss this application and set up interviews.

Please note:This term, all job interviews will be held in December. You will not be contacted to confirm your interview time and date until the final week of November.

We know that this might be an intimidating-looking form to fill out. We didn't intend it that way. We just wanted to give each of you an opportunity to tell us everything good about yourself and your qualifications.

Good luck, and thank you for interest in working for Athena Training.

A. General Information

A.1) Name:
A.2) Athena username:
A.3) Address:
A.4) Phone:
A.5) MIT student ID#:
A.6) Current year:
A.7) Major:

B. Advertising Feedback

B.1) How did you find out about these job openings?

If Other, please specify:

C. Availability

C.1) Please suggest TWO possible times for an interview with us during the next 2 weeks, between 10:00am-3:00pm. (The sooner the better.)
Date Time
1st Choice
2nd Choice
C.2) Please re-read the TIME REQUIREMENTS section of the Job Description.
Do you have any possible conflicts or problems with this?
Yes No
If YES, please explain:

D. Athena Experience

D.1) Think of a typical week during the semester. For approximately how many hours were you logged-in in Athena cluster?

D.2) Which of these do you typically use at least twice in a typical week? (choose all that apply)
E-mail Writing reports Math/Data/Plotting
Programming Web Browsing Library & reference
Rendering images Zephyr, News, etc. Games
Other (specify):

D.3) Please indicate your level of familiarity with each of the following:

(1=none, 2=rarely-used, 3=occasional, 4=comfortable, 5=extensive)

Application: 1 2 3 4 5 Application: 1 2 3 4 5
Emacs Unix
EZ HTML
Latex Math packages
FrameMaker Resnet
(Note: Experience in these is NOT REQUIRED to begin work as a Minicourse Instructor. We just want to know what you've already learned about Athena.)

D.4) Which Athena minicourses have you taken?
Introductory Papers & Thesis Math Software Miscellaneous
Athena First Course LATEX Overview Info Resources
Word Processing Options Latex Thesis Matlab HTML
Working on Athena FrameMaker Maple Serious Emacs
EZ Frame Thesis Xess Dotfiles

E. Teaching Experience

E.1) Have you ever given a speech or made a presentation in front of a large group of people, including people you didn't know?
Yes No
(If YES, describe the circumstances:)
E.2) Have you ever been an instructor?
Yes No
(If YES, please describe course, Eg. subject taught, size of class, duration of course, materials used, etc.:)

E.3) Have you ever been a tutor?
Yes No
(If YES, please give details:)

F. Further information

F.1) Do you have any questions for us at Athena? Of course you will be able to ask us lots of questions during an interview. But is there anything else (that was not covered in the Job Description that you would like to know about Athena, or about th job, ahead of time?
Yes No

F.2) Is there anything else we didn't ask, that you want to tell us about now, before an interview?
Yes No

G. Writing Sample

G.1) Please write a SHORT explanation of some Athena task or topic. Don't do a lot of research. This should be a brief and clear explanation of something you already know about Athena.
Note: Instead of typing the writing sample into this form, give a file-name (in your ~/Public directory) or a URL where this sample can be found (in your ~/www directory):

(Note: if you don't know how to do either of those, just put "Will Mail Sample" in the blank, and then send your writing sample, via e-mail, to dryfoo@mit.edu, with "Subject: Writing Sample for [username]")

H. References

Please list two people you have worked for previously (UROP supervisor, boss from a summer job, etc). Be sure to give us a way to contact them (e-mail address, phone number, company address, etc).
1st reference:

2nd reference:

You may this application to Athena Training, or this form, if you want to start over.