Interview of Doom: The Recap Report
So, the Interview-of-Doom was with a big oilfield services company in town (meaning they are paid to do all the heavy lifting on an oil well, but do not own the well). I don't know how many people I actually told about the IoD, so here's a quick rundown:
The Interview of Doom was going to happen at the end of a 3 day Women & Technology conference, where they bring in a bunch of recent/soon-to-be graduates female engineers and tell them how they can be engineers and women and how it doesn't suck and girl power and all that rot. Think those Women In Science events during high school except with a bigger budget.
Thursday: Check into swanky hotel down the street. Spend an hour and a half socializing awkwardly with other students and volunteer women engineers. Eat canapes and tiny desserts and swig free champagne. Listen to a presentation about the Big Oilfield Services Company and what they do. Sleep.
Friday: Get up far too early. Get bussed over to the Big Oilfield Services Company's offices. Take long tours of said company's stuff. See cool things. Get catered mediocre lunch. Run the rat maze of one of their office buildings looking at technology showcases of "this is what we do and this is why we're awesome". Events run long. Get back to main room and sit around eating cookies while a panel discussion tells us about how inviting Big Oilfield Services Company is of women and how You Can Be A Mother And An Engineer At The Same Time. Have fancy four course dinner at a "Latin" steakhouse (it's not, just as a matter of fact). Sit around with free wine and food and chat awkwardly with more conference goers and volunteer women engineers.
Saturday: Get up too early. Check out, have luggage stored. Go to Big Oilfield Services Company's offices again. Present technical presentation to audience of about 30. Answer questions. Have one technical interview that spans 45 minutes and is actually not technical. Have greasy cafeteria style BBQ for lunch. Have two more 45 minute long technical interviews. Second interview involves diagrams and being asked about pressure vessel scenarios. Goes alright. Third interview with mildly bitchy engineer who asks for specific pressure vessel analysis equations. Fuck. Finish interviews, go home. Pass out. Bake. Go to thanksgiving potluck.
I find it interesting that I had the most friendly and comfortable interviews with male engineers, and that the only female engineer I interviewed with was cold and unfriendly. That sticks with me a lot more than the rah rah rah girl power rah conference.
I also got a ton of free crap from the company. It was like career fair all over again. Should hear back from them in two to three weeks.
Oh, and on my way out the door on Thursday? Colorado calls and asks if I'm still available/interested. -__-
The Interview of Doom was going to happen at the end of a 3 day Women & Technology conference, where they bring in a bunch of recent/soon-to-be graduates female engineers and tell them how they can be engineers and women and how it doesn't suck and girl power and all that rot. Think those Women In Science events during high school except with a bigger budget.
Thursday: Check into swanky hotel down the street. Spend an hour and a half socializing awkwardly with other students and volunteer women engineers. Eat canapes and tiny desserts and swig free champagne. Listen to a presentation about the Big Oilfield Services Company and what they do. Sleep.
Friday: Get up far too early. Get bussed over to the Big Oilfield Services Company's offices. Take long tours of said company's stuff. See cool things. Get catered mediocre lunch. Run the rat maze of one of their office buildings looking at technology showcases of "this is what we do and this is why we're awesome". Events run long. Get back to main room and sit around eating cookies while a panel discussion tells us about how inviting Big Oilfield Services Company is of women and how You Can Be A Mother And An Engineer At The Same Time. Have fancy four course dinner at a "Latin" steakhouse (it's not, just as a matter of fact). Sit around with free wine and food and chat awkwardly with more conference goers and volunteer women engineers.
Saturday: Get up too early. Check out, have luggage stored. Go to Big Oilfield Services Company's offices again. Present technical presentation to audience of about 30. Answer questions. Have one technical interview that spans 45 minutes and is actually not technical. Have greasy cafeteria style BBQ for lunch. Have two more 45 minute long technical interviews. Second interview involves diagrams and being asked about pressure vessel scenarios. Goes alright. Third interview with mildly bitchy engineer who asks for specific pressure vessel analysis equations. Fuck. Finish interviews, go home. Pass out. Bake. Go to thanksgiving potluck.
I find it interesting that I had the most friendly and comfortable interviews with male engineers, and that the only female engineer I interviewed with was cold and unfriendly. That sticks with me a lot more than the rah rah rah girl power rah conference.
I also got a ton of free crap from the company. It was like career fair all over again. Should hear back from them in two to three weeks.
Oh, and on my way out the door on Thursday? Colorado calls and asks if I'm still available/interested. -__-