This is my first post in the New Year, exactly after 33 days.
I have been putting off writing about internship hunting because in my particular case, there hasn't been much action. Lemme say that again, there hasn't been any action. Except for some early disappointments. While the Internship interviews are in full fledge and the coveted Investment banking, finance and the “biggies” consulting interviews are on. While finance was never my cup of tea, the bad news is that I got rejected from the consulting biggies. Similar is the case with many of my friends who have gone through the process and have been unsuccessful. And I (we) have already begun feeling the pressure of the feared recession in North America. The daily newspaper contains reports of job cuts in US and Canada by major companies.
While I am confident of landing in a good summer internship, I would have been much happier, had I got into the BCG or the McKinsey. I am waiting for some miracle to happen, so that I can be there atleast for my full time. I am hoping that the market would also recover by that time and history proves that whenever the economy has recovered from the down cycle, the consulting and marketing jobs would boom.
Keeping my fingers tightly crossed for now and waiting for the D-Day when I could declare of my internship success.
I have been putting off writing about internship hunting because in my particular case, there hasn't been much action. Lemme say that again, there hasn't been any action. Except for some early disappointments. While the Internship interviews are in full fledge and the coveted Investment banking, finance and the “biggies” consulting interviews are on. While finance was never my cup of tea, the bad news is that I got rejected from the consulting biggies. Similar is the case with many of my friends who have gone through the process and have been unsuccessful. And I (we) have already begun feeling the pressure of the feared recession in North America. The daily newspaper contains reports of job cuts in US and Canada by major companies.
While I am confident of landing in a good summer internship, I would have been much happier, had I got into the BCG or the McKinsey. I am waiting for some miracle to happen, so that I can be there atleast for my full time. I am hoping that the market would also recover by that time and history proves that whenever the economy has recovered from the down cycle, the consulting and marketing jobs would boom.
Keeping my fingers tightly crossed for now and waiting for the D-Day when I could declare of my internship success.
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