Never forget why you started, and your mission can be accomplished——Exclusive Interview with outstanding graduates of mathematics,Zhihui Hao

Basic Information

Zhihui Hao

2016 major in financial mathematics and financial engineering, former executive chairman of the Graduate School of Mathematical Institute, party member

Honor and award

In 2017, she was awarded the excellent graduate student of Shandong University and the outstanding graduate cadre of Shandong University; In 2018, he was awarded the Excellent Communist Youth League Member of Shandong University, the National Scholarship for Master Degree Students, and the 2018 Excellent Graduate Student of Shandong University.

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She has no obsession with this award from the beginning, but has a profound preoccupation with the strict requirement for her work and the persistence and pursuit of the details. That corresponds to the old saying of " unintentional positive outcomes”.

It is not horrible for a person to fail constantly, but to lose himself in the cheers of success. When it comes to the impact of awards on her, she said that these honors are both gifts and spurs.

She is an optimistic person and won’t get horny when things go wrong. Even if she can’t solve the difficulties at present, she still believes that there is some time that she will overcome these problems. It is this kind of attitude what she calls “Xin Da” help her integrate into the tedious and chaotic graduate life.

She likes to relax herself by listening to songs and exercising in her free time. Moreover, it is relatively boring to study the professional course. Therefore, she strongly encourages us to actively participate in various activities and develop our own interests in various aspects. In this way, we can deepen our relationship with classmates while relaxing our mind and body and combining work with rest. If you can find a few close friends during this period, your friends at this stage may be loyal companions in future work and life.

Rather than focusing on the future, she pays more attention to the present. She confesses that she is not good at setting long-term goals, and she is more accustomed to setting executable small goals to motivate and guide herself. For example, she decided to find a job after graduation from the beginning of school. In addition to the study of professional courses, the choice of other scientific research topics, campus life, and research certification serve the goal of finding a job.

When it comes to students' work, she said that although the students work is heavy and take up a certain amount of time, these work will not influence our daily learning. Regarding some remarks that exaggerate the workload of students’ work, she said that the workload will not be large, and proper handling of trivial and complicated matters is also a valuable ability in itself. Less complaining and more thinking can make you more effective in student work. In fact, student work and study complement each other. Student work can improve the ability of execution and increase teamwork experience. When dealing with learning problems, it can not only improve efficiency, but also use some tactful methods to solve problems and learn the advantages of others to improve yourself.

She attaches great importance to student work and internship experience in the topic of employment. "If you have decided to find a job after graduation, in addition to the study of professional courses, it is best to improve your work ability through student work. When applying for a job, HR usually pays more attention to the ability to work with other. Secondly you have to get more internship experience, your internship experience and student work experience will be directly reflected on the resume, little experience will lead a blank resume. In addition, you will participate in many interviews in the job hunting season, and HR will ask students specific questions about their work or internship experience to learn more about job seekers, so a full internship experience is very helpful for job hunting. "

In the postgraduate career, the tutor plays an important role. So learning how to deal with the relationship with the tutor is also extremely important. She suggested that you must be in awe of the tutor, complete the tasks assigned by the tutor with quality and quantity, and actively communicate and discuss with the tutor.

In addition, unlike the study methods during undergraduate, you should be more proactive in thinking about issues related to your major, so that you can be more flexible in the mid-term assessment and get a conception of thesis.

When asked about how to plan for the future, she suggested that if you can’t determine the goal at the beginning, you can try more possibilities such as do a topic with your mentor, study a few more papers, participate actively in the discussion class, and then you will get a better understanding of what you want. Once you have determined your direction of interest, don't look forward and backward, just do your best towards the goal.

Message from the outstanding graduate

If you are confused about the future, then start with the little things at hand. Be down-to-earth, arrange your time reasonably, and cherish every minute of the present. You reap what you sow. Youth is priceless and not afraid of the distance.

(Editor in Charge: Lei Hao)