The confusion continues....

My life has been quite the rollercoaster in the last few weeks and yet I still haven't the foggiest idea what I want to do with my life. However I did get quite the insight into one of my options.

I progressed quite far in an application process for a very attractive graduate programme, so far that I landed myself in LONDON for an interview. Yes, I was ecstatic and proud of my progression but the thought of flying to London on my own for a very important interview frankly terrified me! Opportunities like this didn't come around too often though and I had worked hard to get to this application round so I had to take the bull by the horns and go for it!

I had done these types of interviews before but to refresh my memory, I visited websites such as http://www.measurability.ie/competency-based-interview-skills/ and http://www.brightwater.ie/career-planning/Competency-Based-Interviews.aspx (YES - that company from The Apprentice!) for help. I do wonder how people survived without the internet. Anyway, the usual STAR technique appeared everywhere and answer prep wasn't to difficult thanks to my summer placement!

Off I set at 6am in the morning in my business attire and small suitcase feeling very professional. Ironically, I bumped into some girls I knew heading to London for a birthday session and I did feel slightly jealous, but no! I was growing up so I tried to feel good about it! Found my way to the interview location (after a scary tube trip) 2 hours early so waited in Starbucks and revised my prep. I was distracted though by all the businesses and their employees rushing about around me probably working extremely long hours just to get a powerpoint perfected. Was this where I wanted to be??

My brain turned to mush after looking at this!

The interview went smoothly apart from "Can you tell me when you've convinced a senior stakeholder of an idea of yours?" to which I nearly had a heart attack in response to! I'm a student who has part-time work experience and an internship under her belt, not a professional who has dined and liased with chief executives and other senior representatives! I held my own though and no matter what the outcome, that day was a huge step for me. Yes I'm still confused but hey at least I'm trying to figure it out and possibly getting somewhere.