Laboratory Investigation of Key Astrochemical Reactions Involving Nuclear Spin Isomers of Dihydrogen or Trihydrogen Cations
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This was a presentation I gave at a job interview for a position of a post-doctoral researcher in Daniel W. Savin’s group (Columbia University in the City of New York).
I did not get the job because of several reasons:
- I had no strong motivation to get the job. The position in New York was always just a back-up plan in my mind.
- I talked about things I had done long time ago so did not remember details.
- I asked my PhD supervisor to mention things in a recommendation letter, for which I had no evidence.
- I did not give a clear list of my achievements in the presentation.
- I did not show an enthusiasm. This is related to the lack of motivation mentioned above but it is also in my nature that I do not show the enthusiasm so obviously.
Learn from my mistakes.
The slides can be downloaded here.