Interviewing Season!

It's been such a long month already. November seems completely out of reach, not to even mention Thanksgiving Break...I could really use some of Daisy's tasty home-made crust pumpkin pie with vanilla bean ice cream right now...

It's interviewing season at the Kelley School of Business. Everyday so far this month, walking into the building in the cold, rainy Indiana weather, you can't help but notice the crowd in blacksuits in front of the career services office. Some smile in gratitude, feeling lucky just to be there for an interview in a bad economic environment; some smile with distress, anxious about the upcoming 30 nerve-racking minutes. For me, it's a mixture of both.

Struggling with mixed feelings, I walk into the career services office, I can feel the tension rising up in the room. Looking at each interviewee in the room waiting for their interviewer, I know everyone is trying to stay calm, despite the strong anticipation inside. It seems like for the 10-15 minutes before an interview, time stops. And until that inverviewer comes out and calls your name, does time start going by...slowly...

It's truly God's grace that I've been chosen to be interviewed by some major Fortune 500 companies-3M, Eli Lilly, GE, Texas Instruments, and Whirlpool. Each company has its own personality, something you can't get even a glimpse of just through research. It's extremely interesting to see the difference in the culture of these companies and what they are all about. With the economy the way it is, it's just such a blessing to be able to talk to these strong, wonderful companies. It seems that the ones still standing in this climate are the ones that are more than just about the profits and margins, but have direct influence on society and impact lives of many. It's incredible how much one can learn through interviews, about the company, about the interviewing process, but most importantly, about myself...