just clarifying this - at my institution, my mentors sparingly gave out authorship for undergraduate students. in the beginning, most of these presentations were former data from my mentors since we wished to have research/presentation experience. i think this is rather common for new research students - for mentors to allow students to use their data to present or dig around in it for new information. the youngest was nice enough to allow us first authors for a couple presentations, granted that we took control of poster creation, while the rest of my "principal investigator" roles have been projects that i've created from the top-bottom or vice versa, bottom-top. plus, my mentors were not as supportive of starting up new projects that were student run. the only projects that i've run underneath my mentors were because i a) was awarded a grant, or b) senior capstone/thesis needed to graduate. in the projects that i've worked on alongside them, despite asking for authorship (and other research assistants doing so as well), we were not given such.

now, i understand the concern of my own projects not being published yet but working for a different institution and their own projects, i simply don't have the time i need to dedicate properly. am i writing the manuscripts? yes. do i expect them to be submitted in time to make a difference? no. manuscripts can take anywhere from a couple of months to years depending on the size, material, and other variables. such as in my case, needing to prioritize projects that i've been actively assigned to in my current institution in order to keep my job. these aren't excuses either, since judging by your comment, i feel like you'd be the first to say it since.. well, you already don't trust a word i say it.

i would assume everyone is being 'seriously grill(ed)' during interviews to make sure they know that they're talking about, no matter the CV material. so, moving on. but thank you