hell week
I’m staring hell week in the face right now. “Hell week” is not what the school calls it. There are various nicknames for the week ahead, but to the school, it is officially known as DIP – Dedicated Interview Period. The RC’s (first years) have been let out of class this week in order to interview for summer internships. Everyone corrals into area hotels and puts on their best “why me” and “why you” in the hopes of landing the perfect summer internship.
It’s hard to tell what the perfect summer internship is, though in this economy, and with the palpable sense of stress on campus, I’m quite certain it must be amazing.
I’m trying to take the week in stride. I’ve done lots of preparation, but at the end of the day, I’m pretty much at peace with the fact that a firm is either going to see me as a fit or not and if not then I don’t want to be at a place where I’d have to change myself to fit in. (This could also just be a defense mechanism kicking in.) About 45% of RC’s get job offers from interviews this week. That means more than half of us will still be looking come next weekend. I’m not sure which camp I’ll be in, but I do know I’m looking forward to getting in front of some really great opportunities this week and trying hard to land something.
Fingers crossed…
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