On 05/03/2013 04:22 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
On 04/27/2013 07:58 PM, Quim Gil wrote:
SELECTING CANDIDATES
After the deadline we will meet to prioritize GSoC and OPW candidates.
When is this meeting?
It seems that we won't need a meeting to discuss candidates. So far the
discussions of the proposals in Google Melange are enough.
What we will do is a hangout for mentors next week to discuss anything
except candidates: questions about the program and your work,
expectations, tips & tricks...
And some questions that came from a student:
1. May I know how selection of the most suitable
candidate for each
GSoC project will be like?
It is described at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Selection_process but
if anybody has more specific questions just ask.
2. Would it depend on technical knowledge and
research?
It's a combination of many factors. There is a short term question (do
we trust this candidate can complete this project) and a mid term
question (do we believe this candidate will stick around, contributing
after the internship?).
There is no scientific way to predict the answers. Own initiative,
social/communication skills or personal context may play a role as
important as the declared technical knowledge (which in many cases we
can't even evaluate properly because on many cases there is not much
code and history to look at - which is relatively expected in these
types of internship programs.
3. Will there be more than one successful candidate
for one specific
project or is it strictly the best (only one) candidate for the
specific project?
GSoC / OPW allow this, but we are aiming to have only one candidate per
project. The main motivation is to give more chances to more projects.
We try to define project ideas that can be accomplished by one person
during the internship.
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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil