Another very snowy day in Ann Arbor signals the true start of winter. Fields were tinted white by the afternoon, but I spent the day mostly indoors in class and prepping for two interviews tomorrow and the pre-interview festivities this evening. The first company is having an info session and the other a meet-and-greet, and you essentially have to go lest you have less comfort than your peers during the interviews tomorrow.
There are so many opportunities to interview and get into companies during the heavy recruiting months that I think MBAs get a little lost in the paranoia of NOT getting a job and try too hard; it would be better if we had three super important interviews with something of a guarantee versus eight or ten or fifteen interviews like some of my peers - at that point you are spread too thin to compete effectively.
I'm also keenly aware of timing. Everything, career wise, is crammed into a very few uber-critical weeks in early November. It is so important that I almost looked up the HTML code for an umlaut. Seriously, in the next two to three weeks I expect to get at least one offer, go on between one and four flyback second-round interviews, and, ultimately, pick that uber-important first job. Finding a job is a full time job, but life soldiers on: IPD is a sure time-sink, with OMS620 Supply Chain figuring in prominently as well. Club, social, and athletic events still happen and you don't want to miss those, but so far I've sold way more hockey tickets than I've been to games.
Thursday, November 02, 2006