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I am pretty sure no one reads this anymore. I guess I just have a lot of stuff on my mind and I want to let it out.
I am so scared that I'm going to graduate and get a job doing something I dislike. I go for like 2 interviews a week and all of them sound amazing when the interviewer is sitting in front of you telling you how great it will be working for their company. But they are promoting the company, I guess that is part of their job. By this time I feel like HR people are heartless puppets wandering the earth with plastic smiles glued to their faces.
Even the engineers who interview me act like there is something disconnected up top. I think I can also assume this wonderful bullshit they feed me is just so I can be tricked into working for low pay and not feel ripped off because "our company is great". I guess I have to start looking for jobs outside of what the school is finding for us.
On the good side of things I am almost a pro at interviewing. Going to so many interviews takes the edge off things and after a couple interviews you understand what these people want you to say. I think it is actually kind of funny that they never ask us about any real engineering knowledge. Its always about our leadership skills. To be completely honest I have no idea why they do this. Why do they need to know this about me? I am not being hired as a manager I am being hired as a entry level peon. I would honestly think that these people would find out if I demonstrate leadership skills when I'm working. Do they really think it is fun to feed me these questions?
Example of the worst question I got so far:
"Say you are a police officer. There is an accident and you are asked to take care of the situation, what do you do?"
Answer: "I am not applying to be a police officer. If I wanted to be a police officer I would NOT have gone to school for chemical/environmental engineering." Then stand up and walk out as quickly as possible.
Really what the fuck? I mean are you really going to learn anything about me from my response? We are all trained to respond to these fucking questions. It is stupid. Stupid Stupid Stupid. Why don't they ask me how I would calculate how much cooling water would be needed for a reactor with a exothermic reaction? How about how would I clean the purge stream in their plant to keep them within environmental regulation? What if they contaminate the groundwater, how many wells should we put in to make sure all the contaminate is cleaned out?
Sadly I did not have everything so well together when I interviewed with Sunoco. Well I guess that is good cause why would I want to be stuck in the oil industry, right? So far what looks most promising is the nuclear industry. I mean nuclear power is apparently coming back. Not that this is what I want to do either.
I am looking at the EPA now, and anything else that looks interesting. For example those companies that go around and provide clean drinking water to third world countries.
I wonder about solar powered desalination plants....
Anyway, my life sucks. I can't wait for Thanksgiving so I can go home and eat and do NOTHING. The semester is almost over, 4 weeks left including finals. Then next semester I have night class 4 days a week and research. Fridays off and most likely nothing to do. I kind of wish I still had friends now so I could do something with them next semester, but I will probably end up just hanging out in the library reading.
Doc has been gone a month now. I miss him. I haven't spoken to him in a month, I guess he is okay. I hope he comes back after 3 months instead of staying for a whole year. He will probably end up staying for the entire year.
I am so scared that I'm going to graduate and get a job doing something I dislike. I go for like 2 interviews a week and all of them sound amazing when the interviewer is sitting in front of you telling you how great it will be working for their company. But they are promoting the company, I guess that is part of their job. By this time I feel like HR people are heartless puppets wandering the earth with plastic smiles glued to their faces.
Even the engineers who interview me act like there is something disconnected up top. I think I can also assume this wonderful bullshit they feed me is just so I can be tricked into working for low pay and not feel ripped off because "our company is great". I guess I have to start looking for jobs outside of what the school is finding for us.
On the good side of things I am almost a pro at interviewing. Going to so many interviews takes the edge off things and after a couple interviews you understand what these people want you to say. I think it is actually kind of funny that they never ask us about any real engineering knowledge. Its always about our leadership skills. To be completely honest I have no idea why they do this. Why do they need to know this about me? I am not being hired as a manager I am being hired as a entry level peon. I would honestly think that these people would find out if I demonstrate leadership skills when I'm working. Do they really think it is fun to feed me these questions?
Example of the worst question I got so far:
"Say you are a police officer. There is an accident and you are asked to take care of the situation, what do you do?"
Answer: "I am not applying to be a police officer. If I wanted to be a police officer I would NOT have gone to school for chemical/environmental engineering." Then stand up and walk out as quickly as possible.
Really what the fuck? I mean are you really going to learn anything about me from my response? We are all trained to respond to these fucking questions. It is stupid. Stupid Stupid Stupid. Why don't they ask me how I would calculate how much cooling water would be needed for a reactor with a exothermic reaction? How about how would I clean the purge stream in their plant to keep them within environmental regulation? What if they contaminate the groundwater, how many wells should we put in to make sure all the contaminate is cleaned out?
Sadly I did not have everything so well together when I interviewed with Sunoco. Well I guess that is good cause why would I want to be stuck in the oil industry, right? So far what looks most promising is the nuclear industry. I mean nuclear power is apparently coming back. Not that this is what I want to do either.
I am looking at the EPA now, and anything else that looks interesting. For example those companies that go around and provide clean drinking water to third world countries.
I wonder about solar powered desalination plants....
Anyway, my life sucks. I can't wait for Thanksgiving so I can go home and eat and do NOTHING. The semester is almost over, 4 weeks left including finals. Then next semester I have night class 4 days a week and research. Fridays off and most likely nothing to do. I kind of wish I still had friends now so I could do something with them next semester, but I will probably end up just hanging out in the library reading.
Doc has been gone a month now. I miss him. I haven't spoken to him in a month, I guess he is okay. I hope he comes back after 3 months instead of staying for a whole year. He will probably end up staying for the entire year.