This event was held last night November 13th in Milwaukee,
WI. at the Huston Business Lounge. The event was created for students to be
able to network with professionals and become better interviewees.
The event was very beneficial for
me as a student. During the two interviews where they interviewed me, I gained
great feedback. Something’s were complements like I have great eye contact and
an awesome fun presents. Other comments were thing to improve on like don’t talk
so fast. I think I was talking fast because of the environment, but I will look
keep note of that well interviewing for jobs in the future.
I was very surprised to learn that
informational interviews could be more of a conversation then a question and
answer sit down. I had a great conversation with Al Krueger, Director of digital and innovation at Morgan Myers in Waukesha.
I learned that Morgan Myers works with big companies like Oscar Meyer and Clemens Food Groups. They
are usually brought in to help with image control and branding changes, such as
going green or more organic with products. Working the PR area of food can
sometimes be a great challenge, especially when it comes to causes of outbreak or contamination. Big companies
can’t have a red folder that tells them exactly what to do in every situation because
every situation is different. Do to that some companies won’t even pay to have
a red folder put
together when working with an agency. The whole idea of working with an agency
in the first place is that they have experience working with all kinds of
situations. I could rally relate to Krueger because my dad deals with Meat all
day and has to call agency like Morgan Myers to deal with outbreaks and other
things like image updates.
When it came to interviewing for a factious job, I thought
it was going to be uncomfortable, but everyone was very friendly and welcoming.
That always helps calm the nerves when the other person is smiling and
personable.
My first interview was with Karren Jeske the Communications Manager at Standard Process. The
interview went great, no question through me and I did well answering them. After
the interview, I did have a question for her though. I asked why companies are
now doing more behavioral and institutional questions during interviews. She
responded by saying that the best way to tell if a person is going to be successful
in the future is to know if they were successful in the past. She explained
that if a person can give an example of how they handled something in the past
then they can again handle that type of situation in the future, and that is
why companies ask those kinds of questions.
Moving on to my second interview it was more of a
conversation interview because we clicked. I did also help that I have seen her
at a couple other events this year in the Milwaukee area. Her name is Jenna Dubrick and she is
the Assistant Marketing Manager at Marcus Hotels and Resorts in Milwaukee. Talking to her she told me that when asked to
give examples to make sure to pick a concert example. I gave her an example of an
art project for a time management question. I had finished the project on time
but she then asked if I had gotten feedback on it yet and I proceeded and say
no because I just handed it in this last week.
Good lesson learned though. Good thing it was just practice.
Over all I think the even was great, it improved my
interviewing skills, gave me more confidence, and even allow me to meet some
new professional in the field.
