so i had a phone interview today for a consulting firm (me? consulting?) and i thought it was going extremely well. so well in fact, i just became downright careless. so she would ask me simple questions about willingness to travel, willingness to relocate, etc. easy. then she started talking about the company, and i thought we were almost done. then, she decided to ask me REAL interview questions. they weren't even hard, but i was so taken aback, i basically lost intellectual thought. i did reasonably well on my first question, but when i started to get more and more into it, i forgot i was in a consulting interview and started answering questions for a marketing interview. i would say 'i love marketing' and 'marketing is my strength' and a lot of other 'marketing' things i should not have said.

eventually, she stuck it to me and asked, "you know, you talk a lot about marketing. is that what you want to get into?"

hooo boy.

i quickly made up some story on how i was interested in marketing but it was my second choice. i was interested in it, i like marketing, but i felt that i could thrive better in consulting... i don't really remember the rest, but i must have talked for about 5 minutes straight. it was ugly. a kid who was caught stealing from the video store with the video still in his hands could have told a better story. pure ugliness.

but for some resaon, i got 2nd rounds in Washington DC for Friday (it's because the hiring manager is alumni and really likes me).