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To improve introductory courses, interview students a few years after they take the course to discover which skills they retain.

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  • These interviews can take the form of mock tech interviews— this gives students a great opportunity to practice interview skills, and it gives you an opportunity to ask them short, technical questions about the information taught in the intro course.

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