Abstract: Getting a job in today’s elite companies is hard as the companies become increasingly selective.  Having a great GPA, an outstanding thesis from an outstanding school is no longer enough as top companies become increasingly selective even as they confront growing numbers of applicants.  How do you get noticed?  How do you excel at the interview?  In this talk, I will share my insights and tips into what top engineers should do to obtain the job with the company they seek.   

 

Bio:  Sridhar Ramakrishnan is the Founder of Milibo an invitation-only club of the top 5% of high tech professionals worldwide based in Silicon Valley, California.  Milibo relies on faculty at leading universities worldwide, carefully selected industry experts and existing members to extend invitations. Invitees go through a careful screening process.  Members join for richer learning via cutting edge technical seminars, mentoring, tools, and uncluttered access to some of the best employers in the world for jobs, internships and research collaboration.   Clients include some the best known tech companies including Facebook, Dropbox, eBay, HP, etc.  Prior to this Sridhar founded and ran two other startups (Sokel and Omnishift).  He was at HP before that in a variety of engineering & management roles.