I meet up with an old student affiliate at dinner today, he was in Oslo for business and pleasure, and he was kind enough to ask if I wanted to meet up with him.
The dinner was nice, but the conversation was an eye opener on many levels.
I asked him about how he managed to score his trainee position at Unilever, and he gave advises that I had never thought of, but also some that confirmed what others have said.
- Ask them if they want to have lunch with you, everybody has to eat sometime. It is a perfect way to get some insight into a company that you are interested in, and also a good contact that might suggest you if your name ever comes up for an interview.
- Let your friends interview you. Practice to answer “head crunchers” to get good, and formulated answers.
- Make up case questions to test and practice your analytical skills
Thank you Peter, it was great to see you. Please send a signed photo of you on that boat, I’m not gonna do anything bad to it – promise!
