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.
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