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Hi Zoraxe, correct me if my assumption is wrong but I'm guessing you have to do taught courses as part of your PhD?
I'd only be concerned really if you're failing and not going to pass the exams to allow you to continue your PhD. And it depends how relevant it is to the work you are doing. Is your supervisor concerned about your research work at all? That really is far more important in my opinion.
Wow, thanks everyone for your replies! You are the best :-)
Yeah, this is the guy I was posting about a few weeks ago, things are going very well! ONly just found out I've been offered the job today so it's all a bit of a whirl still, just trying to figure it out in my head how to deal with it all. I think the taking it as it comes is the best idea - fortunately he has been there through all of it so he knows what the stakes are and it doesn't seem to bother him. And because of where we both live and the fact all the jobs I've been interviewing for in London mean we have both had lots of chances to meet up in London and I'm starting to get comfortable with the idea of living there. Have quite a bit of time before I will actually start the job because of notice period etc so hopefully it will mean I can pace things a bit. All very scary and exciting at the same time! Though deffo not looking forward to telling my current work I'm leaving...
Thinking a London meetup is deffo on the cards!(up)
Three major things are about to hit you at once? New job, new city and (hopefully) new relationship. Ughhhhh... have I bitten off more than I can chew? How do you deal with lots of things having demands on your time? Is it possible to get an even balance or do you just have to take whatever comes along at the time and deal with it?
Feeling very overwhelmed...
And anyone in London who wants to take pity on a country boy moving to the big city with a pint or a cuppa is more than welcome to let themself be known! :-)
Crikey, I'd be hard pressed to give a toss about the opinion of any undergraduate, let alone first years. From being spoon fed at school they need a quick kick up the backside to understand they need to do the work, not you.
I really wouldn't let it bother you too much if you can - if you think some of the points are valid then take them on board by all means. BUt these kinds of exercises for giving feedback are usually pointless to my mind - some students will just say anything because they can.
I agree with Milly_Cat - it sounds like major insecurity in her own ability. It's not bad thing to be ambitious and driven and competitive - but it sounds as if it's "for show" more than for genuine ambition. Angelette makes a good point - have plenty of those in the workplace, people who want to "be seen" but not actually do anything to deserve it.
Is she like it with other students as well or just you? If it's just you then... well it's not difficult to work out what I would suggest next :-x
Well I've had lots of first round telephone interviews, and one face to face, but now I have four final round face-to-face interviews in the next two weeks. The one I want most of all is this first one on Tuesday and I'm really starting to panic!
I've been fine with the phone interviews, have built good rapport with the interviewers, asked all the right questions and they were interested enough to put me through to the next round. But now it steps up a level and I'm a bit out of practise!
What things do you find help you when you're faced with two people asking you lots of probing questions? I have to give a short presentation on a recent project as well, which should be interesting as the industry I work in now is quite different to the one I will be going to. But I just remember back to when I was first jobhunting a couple of years ago and how horrid the panel interviews were.
Agh, just any advice/words of wisdom/ words of comfort will be greatly appreciated!
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