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75 students were able to practice interviewing with industry professionals through the efforts of the on October 20th. 

"Mock interviews are a powerful tool for candidates to refine their skills, gain confidence, and prepare for the real-life challenges of a job interview," said Rohit Taware, chair of the club.

Rohit worked with other members of the board, the club membership at large and the CS department to ensure there were plenty of industry professionals for the students.

29 industry members represented many companies including Oracle, Amazon, Google, Stateless, Arista, Lucid, LinkedIn, Accenture and Cisco. 

Sriranga Kalkunte Ramaswamy, the club's vice chair, invited David Brown, a co-founder of startup incubator TechStars and one of his instructors, to give a keynote on networking. Brown explained the importance of breadth and depth in networking. 

"You never know who might make an amazing connection. Keep getting out there to meet a wide range of people and focus on connecting deeply with a few of them," he said. 

There was also a talk by Mike Mozer from Google talking about Google DeepMind, which works to research and build safe artificial intelligence systems through neural networks that can learn from large datasets. 

The CSGPDC meets regularly, focusing on a variety of professional development activities to help students prepare for the job market.

The club's staff advisor, Bridget Dooney, said she admired the club leaders and industry partners. 

"It's incredibly selfless what the club leaders are doing, gathering everyone together and organizing this," Dooney said. "We're also so grateful to folks from industry volunteering their time to help our students become better interviewers."