Two Years And Counting

It's been two years since I graduated from UCSD.  Last year I wrote that I was progressing along nicely with my professional goals, but after the last few months I don't think I can say that anymore.  Application after application, interview after interview, I wasn't offered any potential jobs or internships.  I bombed the city accounting internship was just a few points away from the cutoff, the government internship hasn't responded with anything for a month, and I wasn't even selected for an interview after applying for the marketing analyst job.  Hell, I was turned down for the student accounting jobs on campus.  Things are bad, I guess it's masters in computer science it is then.

After multiple interviews, I realize it isn't my resume that's the issue, it's the interviewing part that is the problem.  It's a problem with the delivery, not the product itself.  Things like "tell me about your hobbies" tend to screw me up, and questions that I did not anticipate are screwing me over too.  I need to work on it.

Speaking of "tell me about your hobbies", I realized that I have no personality, at least not one that I can present in public.  I need to create a fake personality with "presentable" hobbies that sounds somewhat interesting, if I don't, there is nothing to talk about.

On a somewhat related note, I found out that UCSD offers a masters in computer science without needing a bachelors as a prerequisite.  It would be interesting if I applied and ended up there again.

Note to self:  Work on "interesting" personality.

Well That Was Fast..., Change In Strategy, Student Jobs

The economics company I applied to finally responded after I interviewed with them a week ago.  They sent an email about how unfortunate they can't offer me the job right now blah, blah, blah etc.  That was...fast.  It doesn't really bother me though because quite honestly I didn't expect to get the job much less even get the chance to interview with them.  Though I have to wonder if it was because I didn't have what they were looking for or if it was because I screwed up on the telephone interview.

After having no response from pretty much every internship I applied to, I'm changing my strategy.  I'm actually removing prior experience to make it seem like I freshly graduated or something.  I applied to an entry level marketing analyst position several days ago, just waiting to see if it works.  The student accounting jobs I applied to responded and I interviewed with them in the past two days.  Like the face to face interviews previously, I didn't experience any nervousness and I think I did okay on them.  Strangely, another government job/internship invited me to take an exam to see if I'm a good match.  I really don't get what's going on.  Apparently I'm absolutely unemployable in the private sector yet I'm desirable in the government sector.  Really strange.

Note to self:  Keep working on interviews and body language.