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2008年6月18日星期三

How I found an internship at UNICEF

I've been dreaming of becoming a quantitative analyst, as my background in computer science and statistics fits that job well. However, after months of internship searching and interviewing a couple of financial companies, I haven't been offered any position.

Then I found an internship post on the website of Career Education Center at my school, and without hoping I could make it ever, I submitted my resume, as I was dazzled by the name of UN.

After a while, when I received an email saying 'Can we do a telephone interview tomorrow', I don't even remember what this is referred to, as I submitted my resume to dozens of posts to find an internship. But finally I recognized, using my computer engineer's trick, this is from UNICEF. I quickly checked the description and found out this position is for COMMUNICATION intern. How am I gonna prepare for this position?! I have no background in it!

In fact, the interviews, both telephone and in-person one, are not very stressful for me, as I really don't know what I could prepare for this, honestly. All I did is being punctual, honest about what I think about their project and what I plan to do this summer (I even told them I prefer any internship than nothing. How could I compare UNICEF internship with NOTHING, lol.) But fortunately, my interviewer, who is my supervisor now, didn't mind my desperate answer that much, or even didn't mind at all, which I have no means to know.

I am right now composing my report at home, happily. I thought some of you might be interested in how I found an internship at UNICEF, and this is my story.

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