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Learn all about the CS Grad Job and Interview Guide.

Authors

This guide was primarily written by Wes Weimer (tenured full professor at the University of Michigan), Madeline Endres (tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst), Priscila Santiesteban (PhD-track graduate student at the University of Michigan), and Kevin Angstadt (tenure-track associate professor at St. Lawrence University). It builds on a guide structure co-designed by Claire Le Goues (tenured full professor at Carnegie Mellon University) and organized and maintained by Kevin Angstadt.

In this Guide, we generally offer collective advice and speak in general terms. However, we will sometimes refer to specific authors by name. We provide information about each author’s search below to provide context.

  • Wes Weimer: Completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, later joining the University of Virginia as a faculty member. He is now a tenured professor at the University of Michigan.

  • Madeline Endres: Completed her PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and, in 2024, pursued academic research positions before joining the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a tenure-track assistant professor.

  • Priscila Santiesteban Is completing her PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and plans to pursue faculty positions upon graduation.

  • Kevin Angstadt: Completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Michigan and joined St. Lawrence University as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2019.

  • Claire Le Goues:Completed her PhD in Computer Science at the University of Virginia and joined Carnegie Mellon University as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2013. She has since served multiple times on, and chaired, the faculty hiring committee in her department, S3D.

Priscila Santiesteban and Madeline Endres are the primary maintainers of this version of the guide (there are older versions out there, but we anticipate this site to be most up-to-date).

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community to this guide. The repository is hosted on GitHub. If you have any questions about contributing, please email Madeline Endres at mendres@umass.edu or Priscila Santiesteban pasanti@umich.edu.

Contributing Application Materials

We are always looking for more application material profiles, especially for job-types or job-locations that are currently under-represented in our guide. These materials are hosted on the Example Materials tab, and can help students contextualize their application and deal with imposter syndrome.

If you are interesting in contributing your materials, please fill out our contribution form available TBA. This form includes places to upload PDFs of your materials, as well as add any information you’d like to better contextualize your application for readers. In this form, you can also indicate if you’d like to be kept anonymous. All materials are optional – we greatly appreciate anything you’d be willing to share!

Problems with the Website

Did you notice something wrong with the website (something not working or a typo)? Please create an issue on our GitHub project.

Acknowledgments

In addition to the authors listed above, we thank several graduate students and contributors who shared their personal experiences, stories, and application reflections included throughout this guide. These individuals are not formal authors but have provided valuable context and insight.

On the faculty side, we are indebted to:

  • Hammad Ahmad (Assistant Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University)
  • James Perretta (Teaching Faculty, UMass Amherst)
  • Kevin Leach (Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University)
  • Steph Forest (Professor, Arizona State University)
  • Yu Huang (Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University)

On the staff side, we are indebted to:

  • Amanda Feaganes (Graduate Program Coordinator, U. Michigan)
  • Magdalena Calvillo (Graduate Student Coaching and Community Engagement Manager, U. Michigan)
  • Tiffany Smith (Financial Services and Admissions Specialist, U. Michigan)
  • Sarah Snay (Outreach Coordinator and Program Evaluator, U. Michigan)

On the student side, we are indebted to the many students who provided their application materials, quotes, advice, and outcomes.

License

The text of this guide is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

This guide includes some publicly-available application materials for comparison and convenience. You could get them off of archive.org yourself if you so desired. All application materials remain the property of their respective authors and are shared here by permission.