Questionnare and evaluation of prospective Research Assistants

Prospective student: please evaluate yourself.
References: please evaluate the prospective student.

Jan Mandel
jmandel@math.cudenver.edu
November 2005

Please assign ratings between 0 and 10 to each question. The questionnaire
has been designed to leave a lot of room at the top; rating of 10 should be 
rare, more 10s extremely rare.

A. Computer skills:                                      ....................
10 = takes care of everything on own computers, writes compilers for fun 
5  = writes clean code, thinks clearly, disciplined, everything is easy
0  = wrote only homeworks, confused easily, needs advice on error messages 
Specific examples or comments:




B. Study skills                                          ....................
10 = reads mathematics for fun, classes are a nuisance, As without effort 
5  = comfortable in all classes, gets almost all As easily
0  = has to work hard to keep up with classes, many Bs or worse
Specific examples or comments:




C. Writing skills                                        ....................
10 = published a paper as the sole author, considers writing fun
5  = journal paper with an advisor or wrote an MS thesis, writing is easy
0  = homeworks and term papers only
Specific examples or comments:


 

D. Research skills                                       ....................
10 = derives new theorems for fun, sees behind two corners easily
5  = nothing needs to be explained twice, everything is easy
0  = needs repeated explanations, gets confused by complicated things
Specific examples or comments: