Yay!

I guess someone wants to hire me after all. I got an offer today from a non-profit company in Chicago which makes loans to other non-profits. Very exciting stuff. I also advanced to a second round interview in my investing interview. So, on the job front, things are looking pretty good.

I saw my old RA today! That was really exciting. She looks really good, too – must be all the tanning in Australia. Makes me wish that I went somewhere warm and sunny for spring break, but Montreal was pretty awesome. More on that later.

The way to give a bad presentation

Class. More class. Went to my investment club’s tech stock presentation today, and it was pretty bad. First of all, the stock wasn’t even that good – I had looked at the company a few days ago and I didn’t see it as having some particular promise. Second, the presenters were simply awful. One of them went up, and said, “I don’t have anything new to say so I’ll just read straight off the presentation.” And he proceeded to read roughly half a page of text. I swear, do these people not realize that they are being boring?

Very cool interview tomorrow. I hope I’ll do well. I’m also thinking about applying to my school’s magazine as sort of a “blogger,” but I feel bad because one of the requirements is to be an aspiring journalist, which I am definitely not.

A perfect day

I’m sorry. I haven’t been updating my blog for a while because I’ve been really busy with interviews, finals, and spring break. But hey, it’s a new quarter, so I’ll try to keep up with daily posts.

Today was pretty amazing. I woke up at 7:30 because I had an interview downtown at 10:00. The interview went pretty well, too. Chicago streets are ridiculous, though – for some reason, “north” streets are not north of the river, but are north of a street named Madison. This seems like a rather random delineation and caused me to be a few minutes late for my interview as I ran for six blocks to the building where I was supposed to go. No worries, though.

I then went to two classes that I was thinking about taking – "Analytic Philosophy" and "Psychology and Biography." I ended up deciding on Psychology and Biography because the material seems more interesting to me. I went to sign up for it online, and lo and behold, a spot was open for me! I didn’t even have to hand in the pink slip that I got from the professor.

Then, I have a phone interview which also went really well. It went on for a pretty long time, too; 45 minutes. But I think that my interviewer was really happy with me. I’ll find out if my gut feeling was right in a few weeks.

I was also really excited to meet up with the girl that I’ve been sort of seeing after dinner. We met up in her room and I told her about my spring break, and then she told me about hers. Apparently, she had gone to visit her ex-boyfriend (which I didn’t know about), and was getting back together with him (which shocked the fuck out of me). I mean, what the fuck? I don't know what to say. A perfectly awful day.

Somebody doesn’t like me?

I had an interview for another investment management company yesterday with the same person who interviewed me for a different position last year. And, same as last year, I didn’t get a second round interview. Goddamnit. What do I have to do to impress these people? She said that I didn’t express why I want to work at that particular investment management company. What else am I supposed to do other than tell her what I like about the company and why I feel that it would be a good match for me?

I have another interview tomorrow at 8:30. Let’s hope I wake up for it.

My roommate

Like me, he’s a poker player (although for considerably smaller stakes). Notice how we have the light on during the day. That’s what happens when you’re too lazy to turn off the light. The sunglasses? I think his eyes were a little red, if you know what I mean.