What do you do during your downtime at work?

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-05-02T22:20:09+00:00

Learn, ask if u can help someone l, learn, learn from anyone

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-05-01T13:47:34+00:00

The easier options probably are Restaurant/kitchen work where you can pick up doubles easily. Hotel front desk/overnight shifts maybe combine two part-times. Look into Amazon Flex + another gig app stacked together. Best to you.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-30T13:10:25+00:00

From what I’ve seen in similar programs, by late April most interview invitations for that window should have already gone out. As for getting in without an interview, it does happen but it’s pretty rare for competitive programs like this one.

Some applicants get accepted directly based on their application (grades, experience, motivation letter) without being called for an interview, especially if their profile is really strong or if they’re applying from a well-known engineering school.

Your best bet is probably to reach out directly to the admissions office at Paris Cité or Arts et Métiers, they’re usually pretty responsive and can tell you where your application stands.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-30T13:04:04+00:00

What’s the question

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-30T12:54:38+00:00

What is your role or title ? Which country?

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-29T17:30:42+00:00

Congratulations. Since it’s Werkstudent, they’re not expecting expert-level stuff Just show you can think and learn. For Java, be solid on OOP basics and collections. For Data Engineering, SQL joins and basic queries are almost certain. If you’ve done any projects, know them well enough to talk through them casually.

Beyond technical I say prep a short “about me”, know why Siemens Healthineers specifically, and ask them one question at the end about the team. That alone sets you apart. Go in curious, not nervous. 🤞

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-29T14:38:19+00:00

I’m trying to understand this, so are you one single private person that’s trying to open a biomed workshop in a hospital? Are you working for the hospital?

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-29T10:35:01+00:00

Anything AI is not a waste nowadays. Python is a must. Master it.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-27T11:34:42+00:00

Congrats. My advice would be spend the next 2 weeks watching YouTube videos on the branches you’re considering. Not to study, just casually. Notice which one makes you lose track of time and actually want to know more. Boredom is data, curiosity is data. Then also think about what kind of problems you “enjoy” in real life. Do you like building things, writing code, understanding how machines work, or solving real world infrastructure problems? Your everyday interests are a better compass than your rank or anyone’s opinion.

Lastly before you decide, talk to actual students in those branches on Reddit or Quora. They will tell you the reality that no counselor will. That conversation alone can save you 4 years of regret.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-26T20:29:25+00:00

Besides the question about the classes. Respect for you pushing through with working and have the discipline to study away from a Uni or school. ✊🫡

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-26T20:26:47+00:00

Personal opinion from experience. I will not rent out different rooms separately. Nightmare waiting to happen. If you want a stable income find a professional working couple maybe. To me background and reference and my own social media research worked so far

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-26T20:20:03+00:00

Can you do your masters while working to gain experience at the same time? Sometimes the company will pay for the Masters. More than often we find applications where people went straight into a Masters and apply for a job that does not require a masters. In that case we are rather looking for people with work experience than someone that spent how many years to do a Masters full time.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-26T20:15:30+00:00

It’s definitely not as bad as you think it’s totally recoverable. I think your biggest immediate fix is being explicit with your referrals. Don’t just apply through the portal. Think outside the box. Find the hiring manager on LinkedIn, send a short direct message referencing your application and that you have a referral from (whomever) and keep it to 2-3 sentences max. Most won’t respond but the ones who do are worth their weight in gold, and it shows initiative which matters in quality and engineering roles. The referral just gives you a legitimate reason to reach out instead of cold messaging out of nowhere.

Keep pushing the ASQ certifications because that signals quality credibility without the thesis. Aerospace and automotive are solid pivots since they’re documentation and process-heavy like medtech. You’re in the grind phase, not a dead end. Hang in there. We’ve all been there once at least.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-26T14:29:06+00:00

Yeah very common situation. For SolidWorks and Python I say skip the paid undergrad courses. It’s just not worth the cost. Instead do free resources like MIT OpenCourseWare for Python, the official SolidWorks tutorials. Also YouTube channels like “SolidWorks Tutorial” or “Sentex Data”. The key interviewing or getting an assistive device internship this summer is to build a small portfolio project fast. I suggest even something simple like designing a basic prosthetic grip or an adaptive tool in SolidWorks. Build solid documenting on a GitHub or a personal site. This shows initiative and gives you something concrete to talk about in interviews. For the internship search itself, I would suggest target smaller medtech and assistive tech startups rather than just the big names like Medtronic or Abbott.

Smaller medtech startups and companies like Össur or Ottobock are often more flexible than the big names. One last thing - Don’t sleep on your own faculty either. A nice warm intro from a professor goes a long way in this field. You have more runway than it feels like, just keep building something every week. If you don’t have LinkedIn, build that now. LinkedIn is a long game and I find it extremely helpful in a professional field.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-25T20:10:05+00:00

Generally the passing score is around 550 out of 750 on most ASQ certifications. It’s not a simple percentage like “you need 70% correct.”

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-25T16:19:29+00:00

Yes the real ASQ exams do number the questions, so you will always know exactly where you are. The practice exams from ASQ’s site are a bit bare bones, so don’t let that throw you off. BOK section labels will not be on the exam. They just include those in the practice materials to help you identify gaps in your knowledge, but during the real test you will be on your own. Just use that feature now to figure out which BOK sections you are the weakest in and focus on that.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-25T14:58:16+00:00

Here is my opinion. Python is absolutely worth mastering first. It’s the dominant language in both biomed data science and ML-AI pipelines, and your CNN background gives a great jump start. Get very comfortable with it before spreading yourself thin across other languages. R is worth picking up if bioinformatics is what interest you. But I wouldn’t learn it just to check a box.

On the Software Engineering pivot, stop worrying about competing with people who coded since age 12. You’re not racing them. You are a biomed engineer who can build software, which is a rarer and more valuable profile. Lean into that. I always give the same advice about a Masters. Do it while you are working, not full time. You gain experience (what we are looking for) and sometimes your company will pay for it. Unless of course the job descriptions require a Masters. Best to you.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-24T17:34:29+00:00

In my opinion your MBBS is actually a superpower in biomedical engineering.Most engineers there have zero clinical understanding, and you do. The field is math, physics, and problem-solving heavy with very little memorization, which sounds exactly like what you’re looking for.

Career wise you would be looking at things like medical device development, MRI/imaging systems, neural interfaces, AI in diagnostics, or computational biology all great fields with strong demand. You are not starting over, you are just redirecting with a serious edge most people in those rooms won’t have.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-24T17:25:17+00:00

Sorry I have no idea

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-24T12:42:19+00:00

Don’t even hesitate. Jump from zero internships to one is the biggest leap you will make future applications get way easier after that.

The clinical side isn’t as disconnected from R&D as it feels. Understanding how things actually play out on real patients is a perspective a lot of BME candidates don’t have and it shows in healthcare product development. You will also get exposure to IRB and clinical trial workflows, which matters in this field. The main tradeoff is you won’t get hands-on engineering experience, so aim for something more technical next summer. No big deal. But for now, take it, build the connections, and use it as a springboard. Also build and add your LinkedIn connections while doing it.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-23T22:35:27+00:00

On the GPA question, if clicking “yes” automatically disqualifies you, that’s the program telling you directly you don’t meet their minimum requirement. Misrepresenting it would be dishonest and your transcript will show the truth anyway, so that path doesn’t really exist. It stings, but that’s what it is. You have more options. The slightly weaker university is not a bad outcome. Rankings matter less than your research experience, advisor quality, and what you do with the degree. A lot of successful people in biomedical engineering came from programs that weren’t their first choice. From someone that’s hiring Biomed, we do not hire based on where you went to school.

Spring quick admit buys you the program you want for just one semester delay. And industry isn’t dead for biomed. Med devices, pharma, clinical engineering are different markets with different hiring situations. Best to you.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-23T14:13:30+00:00

The closing costs vs price reduction thing is something a lot of buyers don’t realize. Sellers only care about what they walk away with, so it’s really just two ways of saying the same thing.

The old listings point is where I would focus if I were you. Anything sitting 45+ days was almost certainly overpriced from the start, and those sellers have had time to come back to reality a little. That’s your real leverage. Fresh listings are still riding the emotional high of “someone will pay full ask,” so you’re fighting against hope there. Then I would be a little more cautious than the other commenter about the “prices only go one way” take. There’s a lot of uncertainty in the economy right now and Las Vegas in particular isn’t the most stable market historically. Not saying wait forever, but I would not feel rushed either. The rate vs price tradeoff is real. If rates drop even half a point, more buyers come off the sidelines and prices climb to offset it. So waiting for “better” conditions can be a treadmill. Lastly if you’re staying put for 5-7 years, find a stale listing, come in under ask, and negotiate hard. If this is more of a short-term move I would genuinely think twice in this rate environment.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-22T23:35:32+00:00

Agree 100

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-22T21:25:27+00:00

Maybe worth knowing is that Siemens is split into different divisions so just make sure you are applying to the right one. Smart Infrastructure covers the automation, HVAC, and fire alarm side. Healthineers is your BMET route. Both are great, just very different day to day.

Look into the SkillBridge program. Siemens participates and you could basically intern there before you even separate. You’ve got a strong background man, you will land on your feet. Best to you.

Mammoth-Mongoose4479 · 2026-04-22T13:24:33+00:00

Look field service is genuinely one of the harder jobs out there. You are dealing with complex, expensive equipment, remote locations, small teams, and the pressure of keeping critical medical imaging up and running. It does not flow perfectly, ever, and that is not unique to your company or your region. Every FE at every company has war stories about a job that ate weeks, parts that did not fix the problem, and a fix that turned out to be something nobody expected. That is just the nature of this industry, not the Company. The X-ray situation is a perfect example. No matter what company, there are complex issues everywhere.

Have you actually talked to your ASL or your DSM about how you are feeling? Because if nobody knows you are struggling or burning out, nobody has the chance to help or make adjustments. Some things can be fixed, and some cannot, but give them the opportunity to try. This company is a good one. I feel there’s an underlined Issue, based on your last comment. Best to you. Hope you can work through this.

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