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13 Stages Of The Job Application Process, As Told By Miranda Priestly

"Is there some reason my coffee isn't here yet? Did she die or something?"

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13 Stages Of The Job Application Process, As Told By Miranda Priestly
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The past few weeks have been a whirlwind. Between trying to gear up for finals, wrapping the academic year up, and everything else going on, I haven't had time to even sneeze. The thing that has been absolutely taking up the majority of my time, however, is internship applications.

You love 'em and you loathe 'em. Internships are scary - they're the first steps towards real-world jobs. Internships are no longer just a "good thing" to have on your resume, they're practically necessary. In the past few weeks, I've applied to more internships than I can count, and have been to multiple interviews for the ones that have called me back. Although the process is exhausting and I have had to do countless runs to Target for new business-professional attire, and the reward has been slow and steady, the most important part is the experience.

On one job interview it actually felt like I was Anne Hathaway in "The Devil Wears Prada." I don't even mean Anne Hathaway at the end of the movie where she's got it all together. I mean more like Anne Hathaway at the beginning of the movie where you think she's gonna trip over her high heels or get hit by a car running across the busy Fashion District streets. So in honor of this, I've compiled a list of things that you will undoubtedly experience when going through this application process.

1. When you've sent in a million applications and are waiting for literally ANY responses back.

2. When you get an interview and they tell you the date and time without asking if you can actually make it.

3. When you're going over interview questions trying to think of ANY reason this amazing company should hire you.

4. When you're looking for something standout to wear for your interview but everything you have feels tacky and bad.

5. When you get to your interview but the people at the front desk are not in the mood for you today.

5. When you walk into the interview room but they didn't even look at your resume ahead of time.

6. When you can't think of a good answer to the question they just asked you so you end up babbling.

7. When you realize you're not going to get a better internship so you decide to make the best of this one.

8. When you want to know your hours, what the pay is, where you sit, but you should just KNOW it already.

9. When you realize all your qualifications are being put towards memorizing your superior's Starbucks order.

10. When it is DOWNPOURING but your boss still expects you to go about running her errands as usual.

11. When the other interns get too proud of the work they've done in the two days they've worked here.

12. When work starts at 9 but your boss expects you to be done with all your morning tasks at 8:45.

13. When you've gone above and BEYOND your tasks for the day and want a little recognition but all you can get from the boss is...

It's a tough world out there, but if you can make it with Miranda, you can make it anywhere.

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