Not Another Phone Interview, Head Honcho, Fear

I finished two different interviews within the last two days.  The first one was a phone interview with an economics consultant company.  They have visited UCSD multiple times in the past and apparently they have been looking for some "data systems" programmer since January.  Since the position was listed as wanting someone with 0 to 3 years of experience, I applied for it and received an email from a recruiter who set up the telephone interview.  The telephone interview was not good to say the least.  It lasted less than 10 minutes and I got the feeling the guy on the phone was unimpressed.  Safe to say that path is a no go.  On the positive side, I was doing a lot better on this phone interview than the ones before, though I pretty much said all the wrong things.

Second interview was with the regional manager of the government internship.  I felt the interview went poorly.  As stated before, I didn't have physiological reactions during previous interviews and it was same for this one.  My mind however was the complete opposite, it was like it was too static and hardened.  Any deviation from what I expected, I would stall.  When he asked some of the questions he asked, I got the feeling he expected a longer answer.  Even when asked something as basic as "tell me about yourself/what are your hobbies?", I froze up and gave a very short and simple answer.  Facepalm.  I should have prepared myself for that question.  Despite my craptacular answers, I did not sense anything from the regional manager.  His body language, facial expression etc. did not show any signs of annoyance or disinterest.  Either he wasn't annoyed or he's really good at hiding it.  How this path will play out is up in the air.

After applying for all these internships and doing these interviews, I've come to the realization that I am really, really screwed.  I'm not getting any responses for the internships I applied to for some reason, and the ones where I do get interviews are either denied or can't be determined if I'll get accepted or not.  If this is the case then I really need get a masters in computer science instead.  The pharm company already found someone and Another government internship finally got back to me and I applied for a payroll position at my school, hopefully something comes from it.

Note to self:  Practice interviews more.  Make mind more fluid and dynamic.