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Portfolio and interviews

Turn finished projects into a job search: choose and document portfolio pieces, share links that run, read job posts and answer technical questions out loud.

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What you will build

2 projects, built step by step

6 lessons in 3 chapters, about 3 hours on a simulated breadboard. Free, in your browser, every step checked by the simulator.

Chapter 1 project

Sharing a Mokxi project link

Why a link that runs beats a photo, how to check a project works for a stranger before you send it, and how to put the link where people will click it. Practiced on a light sensor divider with readings for light and dark.

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Chapter 2 project

The technical interview

How technical interviews usually run and how to answer out loud: predict, reason, then check. Three classic questions about a power supply, each answered on the bench, plus what to say when you do not know.

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The map

Chapter by chapter

Each lesson opens when the one before it is done, and each chapter ends in a project.

Chapter 1

Your portfolio

Pick projects that prove skills, and write them up with numbers.

  1. Open270 XP

    Choosing portfolio projects

    What a good portfolio piece proves, why a small finished project beats a big unfinished one, and how to pick three projects that each show a different skill, starting from one resistor you can measure.

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    Documenting a build: schematic, code and a demo

    The four parts of a write-up anyone can follow: what it does, the schematic, the code and a demo with numbers. Practice on a voltage divider, recording each design change as a row in a test table.

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  3. ProjectLocked540 XP

    Sharing a Mokxi project link

    Why a link that runs beats a photo, how to check a project works for a stranger before you send it, and how to put the link where people will click it. Practiced on a light sensor divider with readings for light and dark.

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Chapter 2

The job search

Read a job post for what it really asks, and answer technical questions out loud.

  1. Locked270 XP

    Reading a job post

    Split a job post into must-haves and nice-to-haves, turn each requirement into something you can show, and make a gap list. Practiced on the classic line: measure voltage and current, and apply Ohm's law.

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  2. ProjectLocked540 XP

    The technical interview

    How technical interviews usually run and how to answer out loud: predict, reason, then check. Three classic questions about a power supply, each answered on the bench, plus what to say when you do not know.

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Chapter 3

The boss

One circuit, finished as a portfolio piece from first test to shared link.

  1. Locked320 XP

    Boss: your portfolio piece

    Turn one circuit into a finished portfolio piece: prove it works, measure it, redesign it on purpose, show its failure mode, then write it up and share the link. A transistor switching an LED, checked at every stage.

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Syllabus

Every lesson in the course

All 6 lessons, in order, each with what it covers. Any of them opens in the editor right away.

Chapter 1

Your portfolio

  1. Choosing portfolio projectsWhat a good portfolio piece proves, why a small finished project beats a big unfinished one, and how to pick three projects that each show a different skill, starting from one resistor you can measure.
  2. Documenting a build: schematic, code and a demoThe four parts of a write-up anyone can follow: what it does, the schematic, the code and a demo with numbers. Practice on a voltage divider, recording each design change as a row in a test table.
  3. Sharing a Mokxi project linkWhy a link that runs beats a photo, how to check a project works for a stranger before you send it, and how to put the link where people will click it. Practiced on a light sensor divider with readings for light and dark.
Chapter 2

The job search

  1. Reading a job postSplit a job post into must-haves and nice-to-haves, turn each requirement into something you can show, and make a gap list. Practiced on the classic line: measure voltage and current, and apply Ohm's law.
  2. The technical interviewHow technical interviews usually run and how to answer out loud: predict, reason, then check. Three classic questions about a power supply, each answered on the bench, plus what to say when you do not know.
Chapter 3

The boss

  1. Boss: your portfolio pieceTurn one circuit into a finished portfolio piece: prove it works, measure it, redesign it on purpose, show its failure mode, then write it up and share the link. A transistor switching an LED, checked at every stage.
Kits

Build it on your bench too

Every lesson runs in the simulator with nothing to buy. When you want the real thing, these kits have the parts.

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Find your kit

Pick the starter kit you own and run every lesson in its manual with the same parts on the same pins.

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Questions

About Portfolio and interviews

Is Portfolio and interviews free?

Yes. All 6 lessons of Portfolio and interviews are free and run in your browser, with nothing to install and no parts to buy before you start.

Do I need any parts?

No. Every circuit is built on a simulated breadboard, and the simulator checks each step as you go. When you want to build it for real, the same parts and wiring work on a real bench.

How long does Portfolio and interviews take?

About 3 hours: 6 lessons in 3 chapters, each one a few short steps. Your progress is kept, so you can stop after any lesson and pick up where you left off.

What will I build?

Each chapter ends in a project that puts it together: Sharing a Mokxi project link and The technical interview.

Where do I start?

With "Choosing portfolio projects", and each lesson builds on the one before it. New to circuits? Electronics basics is the course that starts from zero.