The Stages Of Recruiting Grief
Gloria Bae
Issue date: 2/29/04 Section: Humor
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Acceptance. While talking to one of my friends who got a great offer, I realized that she had interviewed so much better than I had and clearly deserved that offer. My answers, which I thought were concise, were actually half-assed. I really should have gone into more detail and woven more depth into my responses.
Although this probably doesn't pertain to the rest of you who are as yet without an offer, I personally still have a couple of things to work on. Look at it this way: it's estimated that only 25% of us first-years have offers so far. Given how exceptional, driven, and talented people at the GSB are, this interview process is kind of a crap shoot. Having gone through the stages of grief, I'm back to being happy and optimistic about the future.
Bachelor Bob has obviously moved on and realized that just as he was not the one for Trista, she was not the woman for him. He was a wise cracking, slightly porcine guy from Minnesota, Michigan, or some other M place-not a weepy, sensitive firefighter who writes bad poetry. And look at how Bob turned things around: He got buff, became the next Bachelor, and had 20 or so women fighting for the chance to get engaged to him. Suddenly, HE was in the driver's seat, promising each woman that he'd choose her in exchange for some sweet lovin'. So chin up, little campers! We'll all find good internships. And we'll show them!
For those "fit" type marketing interviews, here are some more potential interview questions:
Which of the "Facts of Life" girls are you most like?
If you were a deodorant, would you be a roll-on, stick, or spray?
Do you prefer Emanuel Lewis or Gary Coleman?
Would you rather have ebola or smallpox?
Would you rather have bamboo shoved under your nails, Chinese water torture, or your ankles chewed off by a pack of wild dogs?
If you were a fruit/marsupial/despotic leader of a third world country/[fill in the blank], which would you be?
Although this probably doesn't pertain to the rest of you who are as yet without an offer, I personally still have a couple of things to work on. Look at it this way: it's estimated that only 25% of us first-years have offers so far. Given how exceptional, driven, and talented people at the GSB are, this interview process is kind of a crap shoot. Having gone through the stages of grief, I'm back to being happy and optimistic about the future.
Bachelor Bob has obviously moved on and realized that just as he was not the one for Trista, she was not the woman for him. He was a wise cracking, slightly porcine guy from Minnesota, Michigan, or some other M place-not a weepy, sensitive firefighter who writes bad poetry. And look at how Bob turned things around: He got buff, became the next Bachelor, and had 20 or so women fighting for the chance to get engaged to him. Suddenly, HE was in the driver's seat, promising each woman that he'd choose her in exchange for some sweet lovin'. So chin up, little campers! We'll all find good internships. And we'll show them!
For those "fit" type marketing interviews, here are some more potential interview questions:
Which of the "Facts of Life" girls are you most like?
If you were a deodorant, would you be a roll-on, stick, or spray?
Do you prefer Emanuel Lewis or Gary Coleman?
Would you rather have ebola or smallpox?
Would you rather have bamboo shoved under your nails, Chinese water torture, or your ankles chewed off by a pack of wild dogs?
If you were a fruit/marsupial/despotic leader of a third world country/[fill in the blank], which would you be?