I feel like it's been forever since I last posted, but honestly nothing is new. Break was good, too short and uninteresting but that seems to be the norm amongst everyone I know... I think coming back to the gloomy weather doesn't help get the term off to a great start :-(. My internship search hasn't been going too fantastically lately, but it's also taken a backseat to my classes and such at this point. I still have the one where I could be placed anywhere in the US and while it is a tempting offer, the more I think about it the less I feel like I am going to accept it. Where I am looking for a job the summer between my Junior and Senior years, I am kind of hoping to find something that could turn into a permanent position after graduation, and I know I don't want to be that far away. I'll leave those jobs for the more adventurous :-). Anyways that's about it for today, I'll keep you all posted on how things go from here on out.
Hope you've all had a great break and have an awesome B-Term!!!!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Yet another interview...
Good news and bad news. I shall start with the bad news first, I didn't get selected for an interview for an internship that I was pretty excited to learn more about.... Good news is that I have another interview later today!! Random side note for all of you though: do a better job making note of when you have interviews than I did. I almost completely forgot about this one due to the stress of finals and final projects. Needless to say the no-iron shirt is quite possibly my new favorite invention. It's a MUST for any job-seeking college student. Even if you have an iron, it saves you so much time!! Sorry for gushing about it but the fact that I could just throw on a shirt and go litterally made my day today and it takes a ton of stress out of the interview process :-).
Ok enough of my random comments (can you tell it's getting close to the end of term?) and back to my current dilemma, how to reasearch a company. There are a bunch of ways one can go about doing this, but I am going to make a huge assumption and say that you all probably are like me and wait to the last minute to do such things.
I am starting off with Company X's website. They've got a ton of info there concerning past projects that they've worked on, so I'm choosing a few that I find really interesting to read more about. I've also re-read the job description a ton of times so far in order to make sure I know what the interviewer is looking for in terms of the position and can better prepare myself to answer their questions.
Anyways it's almost time for me to head into the interview, I'll let you all know how it goes, but for now here's to hoping for the best!!
Ok enough of my random comments (can you tell it's getting close to the end of term?) and back to my current dilemma, how to reasearch a company. There are a bunch of ways one can go about doing this, but I am going to make a huge assumption and say that you all probably are like me and wait to the last minute to do such things.
I am starting off with Company X's website. They've got a ton of info there concerning past projects that they've worked on, so I'm choosing a few that I find really interesting to read more about. I've also re-read the job description a ton of times so far in order to make sure I know what the interviewer is looking for in terms of the position and can better prepare myself to answer their questions.
Anyways it's almost time for me to head into the interview, I'll let you all know how it goes, but for now here's to hoping for the best!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Well that was quick!!! Interviews/Thank-Yous/ACCEPTANCES??!?!?!??!
About 30 minutes ago I was planning on writing about how I felt like my interview went really well, and how much I felt like my mock interview helped me....
But now I can say that apparently I didn't just think that it helped but it DID, because I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still kind of in aw, as I just had the interview a few hours ago and while I felt like it went well, there is NO way I was expecting an answer this quickly AT ALL. I really can't believe it and have read over the offer sheet I received a few times now already. Even though I've had an AMAZING internship in the past, the interesting thing is that it barely came up in the interview! We focused talking about my involvement in particular clubs, my definition of an engineer, and what type of work I saw myself doing long term. He seemed to be impressed that I am an engineering student that also does Drama and Theatre, and that along with my high school involvement with robotics seemed to seal the deal!! So for all of you out there who don't have a lot of related experience DON'T LET THAT HOLD YOU BACK, different employers look for different qualities in candidates, and you might just be perfect for something you didn't think you qualified for. You have no idea of what you've done that may or may not set you apart from all the other candidates, so let the interviewer be the judge!
Even so, I am attempting to keep a level head about the situation, as I have a few interviews scheduled for next week, and I am not planning on canceling them. I can't stress enough what a great opportunity this internship is and how grateful I am for it, but the location is to be determined, and to be honest I am not entirely sure how I feel about that. I need some time to think about it and figure out exactly what I want. I figure it's my last "summer" to spend with my family (which I am extremely close with) and I feel super dumb for using that as a reason why I would turn down an opportunity to travel,gain new experiences and work for a truly amazing company, but it's the truth. When everyone else says it, it seems like such a simple solution - go away, take the experience and the networking opportunities and make the absolute most of it. In actuality though it's going to take a little bit more than that before I can make my decision.
It's still sinking in, and I'll update you all as I figure things out for myself! I'm pretty freaking excited about it though!!!!!!!!!!!
But now, I've got to write my interviewer a thank-you note... I am always terrible at these. It's been a problem for as long as I can remember. Even when I was a kid and had those "fill in the blank" thank you cards - I struggled... badly. I'm currently working on this, but will update you all with all the great resources the CDC has to offer on thank-you notes pretty soon!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU AND KEEP APPLYING!!!!!!!!!!!!
But now I can say that apparently I didn't just think that it helped but it DID, because I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still kind of in aw, as I just had the interview a few hours ago and while I felt like it went well, there is NO way I was expecting an answer this quickly AT ALL. I really can't believe it and have read over the offer sheet I received a few times now already. Even though I've had an AMAZING internship in the past, the interesting thing is that it barely came up in the interview! We focused talking about my involvement in particular clubs, my definition of an engineer, and what type of work I saw myself doing long term. He seemed to be impressed that I am an engineering student that also does Drama and Theatre, and that along with my high school involvement with robotics seemed to seal the deal!! So for all of you out there who don't have a lot of related experience DON'T LET THAT HOLD YOU BACK, different employers look for different qualities in candidates, and you might just be perfect for something you didn't think you qualified for. You have no idea of what you've done that may or may not set you apart from all the other candidates, so let the interviewer be the judge!
Even so, I am attempting to keep a level head about the situation, as I have a few interviews scheduled for next week, and I am not planning on canceling them. I can't stress enough what a great opportunity this internship is and how grateful I am for it, but the location is to be determined, and to be honest I am not entirely sure how I feel about that. I need some time to think about it and figure out exactly what I want. I figure it's my last "summer" to spend with my family (which I am extremely close with) and I feel super dumb for using that as a reason why I would turn down an opportunity to travel,gain new experiences and work for a truly amazing company, but it's the truth. When everyone else says it, it seems like such a simple solution - go away, take the experience and the networking opportunities and make the absolute most of it. In actuality though it's going to take a little bit more than that before I can make my decision.
It's still sinking in, and I'll update you all as I figure things out for myself! I'm pretty freaking excited about it though!!!!!!!!!!!
But now, I've got to write my interviewer a thank-you note... I am always terrible at these. It's been a problem for as long as I can remember. Even when I was a kid and had those "fill in the blank" thank you cards - I struggled... badly. I'm currently working on this, but will update you all with all the great resources the CDC has to offer on thank-you notes pretty soon!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU AND KEEP APPLYING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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