3/5/2018 0 Comments My interviewThe backstory:
-> went up to the Great Lakes Coco-Cola career booth at Spring ICE with no knowledge of the firm -> got offered a 1st round interview -> thought I blew it since it was three times longer than the designated time frame -> got offered a 2nd round interview on-site in Rosemont, IL -> 3 one-on-one interviews with a smaller company lunch in between -> felt over-qualified socially and under- qualified technically for this staff accounting role I felt like the first 2 30-minute interviews flew by, which is a good sign I think. They weren't great, but they also weren't awful. I've never actually had a job interview and thought it went well. Lunch was next and my 2nd interviewer showed me the way to the luncheon. There were two tables. I got pizza and sat next to the girl who I recognized from interviewing me first-round. It was kind of an awkward lunch just because I could tell most of the people at the table had never interacted before... like yes, they have all worked there for a short 6-12 month period, but you still are around these people every day! Some of the people didn't even know where each other commuted from or just basic things that I feel like are a given. The higher up guy (corporate controller), I interviewed with told me something that I luckily wrote down so I wouldn’t forget. The biggest challenge he is facing with the startup company is “trying to fix the plane, while it’s flying”. I could tell he was a personable guy, and that was actually a good conversation because he was so authentic. But possibly too genuine. I might had blowed it with the question he asked me about, "Are you passionate about Microsoft Excel?" I kind of chuckled and said I liked it because I am proficient and feel competent. I couldn't lie to the guy and say that's what wakes me up in the morning, but it's not like I hate it. This opportunity at GLCCD isn't a bad one, and if I didn't actually blow it like I think I did, I will definitely ponder the thought of accepting. I will not know if it is right for me unless I try and possibly fail. If I go home after graduation and sit on the couch and probably pick my nose, I will not discover what I want to do until I fail. This is all hypothetical of course, but if I did get this job, it'd be cool to see if maybe I could help change the company and unblock those gaps of communication throughout the teams. There is a new office opening in April and maybe the environment won't be cubicles and maybe there will be cross-functional team projects where everyone learns from everyone else how to help this company that was started in 2015 can thrive and be less historic with its reporting and more proactive. There's just so many "maybes", but I'd be willing to take the chance.
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3/4/2018 0 Comments An insightful plane rideFirst of all this is all happening on a plane. I love planes. There's a little risk in the situation and you automatically have something in common with everyone on the plane. You are all going to the same place and then have to face the ambiguous factors of the new place once landed. I love when I get to physically walk off the plane into the outdoor and see the destination of the trip I have decided to make.
Why can’t I make a hobby that I always find a way to integrate into my life for “fun”. Mid-bite into my biscoff cookie on an American airline flight back to Cincinnati from the Windy city, I had to pause to write it down because I know in life I forget A LOT of stuff. "What if I pursued graduate school but not in business... in photography or writing or something less practical to have a second shot if I ever discover my passion?" The moment after I typed this all out there was a bunch of turbulence... is that a bad sign or WHAT! I braced my orange juice that was getting shaky. I held onto the armrest. I knew I’d be fine but I was mostly worried that fluids would get on my mac. That’s why they made seat belts, so that we could feel safe when passengers are tense. Then the steward guy came by and was collecting trash but I hadn’t drank all of my OJ. I’m a member of the clean plate club, so I don’t like to waste. I started chugging as he approached. I didn’t finish and I got stressed for a moment. I realized he’d be back, so it was stupid to worry. I had another chance to throw it out and put my tray up before landing as I was told to do so. My first time around, putting my suitcase up in the overhead bin, it almost fell because I underestimated the weight of it. Some old guy next to me was frazzled and discomforted by how much I didn’t care about it almost falling. I knew the contents, so wasn’t worried since it was only plush clothes and I had taken out my Mac. On the second time around, I was more cautious and aware and dealt my luggage with care for the old guy’s sanity, even though, I still didn’t care. I’m a people pleaser or at least that’s what my DISC result said. What I’m getting at is outsiders will never know what is inside of my hard-shelled suitcase. Only I do. My mom was under the assumption that I packed a sewing kit for my 23 hour trip to Chicago but I did not. She thought she raised me as a backup plan type of person, but how was I to predict my parka would rip and all the flutter-stuff would explode out of it. Besides looking a little weird in public with a ripped coat, I really don’t care, but she does. Me and my mom get displeasure from different things, and she is very appearance oriented. For instance, she forced me pursue ballet for a decent chunk of my life, but I hated it SO MUCH. I finally faced her after my grandma witnessed how miserable I was and gave me morale support to face her. My mom had no clue because I appeared to like dancing. ugh. This is how I have been raised into tricking myself into "liking" things that I initially do not. This all happened in my head that I almost forgot to eat my 2nd cookie. That never happens. The first cookie is always a surprise to my tastebuds and then they remember how much they like biscoff and the 2nd one is even better! |
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