Recruiting season here at the Johnson School is in full swing right now, with corporate briefings lined almost every weeknight for the rest of the semester. While there is a mad rush to polish our resumes and perfect our cover letters, it's easy to lose sight of step 2 in the job finding process: acing the interview.
To serve a
s a little reminder, the CMC, along with some incredibly gracious alums, worked to put together a mock interview event in New York City this past weekend. The way it worked was this: Alumni from all over the city and from a myriad of different industries sent the CMC a list of their times and availabilities. Interested students would then sign up at the CMC for available slots and be responsible for arriving at these offices, well prepared with their pitches and PARs.While this experience not only provided us all with great practice for interviews, the earliest of which should be upon us in less than a month, I thought the most helpful part of the experience was being given the chance to reach out to Johnson alums and gather their advice on resumes, interviews, and surviving business school in general.
Personally, I ended up getting a ton of great advice and a lot to think about in terms of how I plan on positioning myself in this rather daunting market. This sort of advice is invaluable, and often difficult to come up with ourselves since most of lack the experience and insight of people who have a bit more experience working in industry than we do.
Lesson learned this past weekend? I have a lot to learn!
Above: I am pretty sure this is the only picture in existence of me in a suit!
