Evaluating Students
True/False - each student should submit both a paper resume & fill out the google form
True
How many employees is Butterfly?
What are our office locations?
What is our employee growth rate?
How much funding has been raised?
150 employees
New York NY, Guilford CT, Palo Alto CA, Taiwan
Doubling in size YoY
$350 million+ raised
How do I apply?
Please make sure you register on our google form and drop off a resume
We will followup with you shortly after this event with an email pointing you to more info about Butterfly.
If we think you are a fit, a recruiter from Butterfly will reach out the following week to get you started in the interview process.
If you want to invite the candidate to an OCI, you can explain that the OCI is the first step in the process and have them fill out their info on the sheet provided.
List 3 skills/qualifications we look for in engineers?
- Technical aptitude
- Teamwork, especially in a technical collaborative setting
- Deep & full understanding of curriculum content
- Relevant past experience
- Specific technical skills e.g. iOS, Android, TensorFlow, React, GraphQL, AWS, OSS
Goal & cultural alignment
- Fantastic communication (technical & nontechnical), intellectual curiosity and eager to learn, strategic thinking, creativity, passion
When looking at a resume or talking to a student, what should you look at/ask first? Why?
What is your graduation year?
Anyone we hire this year should be graduating between Dec 2019-June 2022 (sophomores, juniors and seniors). If they are graduating after June 2022, please let them know that we are not hiring Freshman at this time.
What does a "Pass (P)" student evaluation mean?
Pass (P)
- Poor communicator, no strong experience in internships or leadership, did not show interest in Butterfly, not a culture fit
- We will not reach out to this person to apply
Do we have competitors? How is Butterfly different?
We do have competitors, but Butterfly is unique because it has both ultrasound-on-a-chip as well as full body scanning abilities.
For example, Philips Lumify is a popular one, but you still need at least 3 probes (each $6-8k)
What is the interview process for Software Engineering Intern? New Grad?
Intern
OCI or Phone Screen (45 mins) --> Determine team fit --> Phone Interview (1 hour) with team placement --> Offer
New Grad
OCI or Phone Screen (45 mins) --> Determine team fit --> Phone Interview (1 hour) with team placement --> Onsite Interviews --> Offer
What are the teams options we have available?
Cloud, iOS, Android, Embedded, and Deep Learning
What is our ideal candidate profile?
Sophomore, Junior, or Senior (undergrad) with Computer Science degree
Although, we will consider Masters or PhD students if exceptional.
What does a "Strongly Recommend (SR)" candidate evaluation mean?
Strongly Recommend (SR)
- “Recommend” criteria + we prioritize this person when inviting students to on-campus interviews or phone interviews
“So, I don’t know much about Butterfly. Can you explain your product to me?”
open ended :)
Are we able to sponsor visas?
Yes, but only for students with technical degrees who would be working in a technical role (engineering).
What can I expect as part of your Intern Program?
Each intern is matched to a mentor
Social activities - escape room, rock climbing, ping pong, game nights
Development sessions - learn from our clinical team about medical ultrasound
What swag are we giving away? What do you do with it?
Brochures & First Aid Kits
Please give one of each to all students you speak with (regardless of fit or graduation year)
What does a "Recommend (R)" candidate evaluation mean?
Recommend (R)
- Student demonstrated strong communication skills, has an impressive resume, demonstrated relevant technical comprehension, and asked good questions about Butterfly
- This person will be invited to interview with Butterfly, but lower priority.
"Tell me about your founder & CEO."
Our founder, Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, is a famous scientist and entrepreneur. His company, 454 Life Sciences, was the first to sequence the human genome and he won the National Medal of Technology & Innovation from Barack Obama. JMR has founded 13 companies, 5 of which have been sold/acquired.
How many interns/new grads are we hiring?
3-6 Engineering Interns NYC
6 New Grads NYC
What makes our technology interesting/unique?
Software
Our Apple-award winning (WWDC19) mobile app needs to be extremely intuitive and responsive in order to be useful in emergency situations.
- Real-time decoding of Ultrasound signals on the GPUUsed by doctors in a large variety of situations
- Large investment by Butterfly in good design
Our HIPAA compliant, large-scale, distributed Cloud facilitates clinical collaboration by enabling rapid, de-identified sharing of ultrasound images.
Our suite of AI tools help clinicians acquire diagnostic images, automatically measure anatomical structures and identify potential pathologies.
- Guides novice users to acquire diagnostic images
- Automatically measures aspects of anatomy
Data Engineering: Process massive datasets of Ultrasound images in order to obtain useful clinical insights
Hardware
Ultrasound-on-a-chip: This is a breakthrough method of emitting Ultrasound and has allowed us to make the world’s only full-body Ultrasound (for just $2000).
How will you get all of our booth setup to/from the events?
Event reps will be taking all of the booth setup supplies with them to/from the events. Supplies can be picked up from the Recruiting Office in NYC.
For Maryland & MIT, the First Aid Kits have been directly shipped to the venue.
What does a "Future Opportunity (F)" candidate evaluation mean?
Future Opportunity (F)
- Potentially the right fit, but a Freshman
Give an example of a customer use case and/or social global impact of iQ.
Widowmaker blockage detected (https://www.nhregister.com/metro/article/Portable-ultrasound-device-a-major-improvement-13727820.php)
iQ’s donated to doctors in Africa to diagnose pneumonia (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/health/medical-scans-butterfly-iq.html)
From Nathan’s friend:
This morning I was showing one of the directors the iQ (on me) when a patient came in and we decided to try it for real. It was a 20-something year old who took a pretty serious fall in the mountains, mainly complaining of left rib pain. We scanned his left chest looking for pneumothorax, rib fractures, and hemothorax (which he didn't have) and I caught a view of his spleen. It looked a little abnormal so I switched the probe to FAST mode and did a full FAST scan. He had a full blown + FAST with free fluid in morrison's pouch and a very positive suprapubic view - from a splenic rupture... Incredible catch. If I hadn't been there scanning with the iQ he may have just had a chest xray and been discharged but instead we found a surgical emergency.
Are we hosting on-campus interviews? How do students sign up?
We are hosting OCI's only at the University of Maryland.
If you want to invite the candidate to an OCI the next day, please schedule with them on the spot. Spots will be open on a first come first served basis.
To invite to an OCI, ask the student to write an X on this sheet next to the timeframe they would like (this will be printed).
To protect OCI privacy of other students, only show the “public facing” sheet to students. On the internal sheet, write the students name on the same time slot.
That evening, the recruiter will email the student and confirm the time/place.
What are 3 examples of software engineering projects?
- Train machine learning algorithms that help clinicians diagnose heart failure in real-time.
- Compress and prune neural networks to improve inference speed and deployment size.
- Developing an SDK to allow 3rd party app developers to run algorithms in the Butterfly ecosystem.
- Build out our Tele-guidance platform
- Run AI algorithms in the cloud
What are 3 questions you can ask a student to uncover if they are a good fit for
Butterfly?
- What type of role are you interested in? (this way you can tailor your messaging or cut the conversation short if they are not a fit for our roles)
- Tell me about yourself and your background.
- Are you looking for an internship or full time position after you graduate?
- Are you familiar with Butterfly Network at all?
- Why are you interested in Butterfly?
- What are you looking for in an employer?
- What are you looking to learn or develop your skills further?
- What programming languages are you most comfortable with?
- Are you currently working on any projects? What project are you most proud of?
- Tell me about your most recent internship.
- Do you have any questions for me?