Me, my interviews, and my self destruction buttons

I have had quite enough interviews so far. Some went great, and others not so great; however, those interviews that matters the most have followed a pattern: self-destruction!

I was never prepared for an interview, meeting, or a specific event as much as I was for the interview with Booz Allen in Chicago. I had sort of a profile of my "work" printed and addressing each of my interviewers put together in bounded folders. But, it fell apart for one reason, too comfortable! I owned the case interviews, but I did not appreciate the fact that those are partners I am interviewing with. It sucks, because I knew that Booz Allen is formal business company, but under stress, real goofy me comes out and all formal protocols in my system fall apart. So, here I was in Chicago, proving how smart and childish I can be. Fair enough, they are smart people; they saw that I am can do the job, but they did not see an old enough me!

Next in-line is Booz Allen at McLean, VA. I have not done much preparation. Or may be I did just as much, but I was more efficient. Though, I did not have bounded profiles of my work addressed for each interviewer!! Anywho, I froze my ass walking to Booz Allen headquarters. I was repeating to myself that I need to be formal, blah blah. I almost forgot, but the fellow candidate I met at the entrance reminded me with that when she started talking like a recorded tape. There were four interviews lined up for me.

I walk right into the first one. I can not hesitate a second to say that I OWNED that first interview. I felt great, and I saw their offer coming my way. Second interview started with the regular traditional questions: why us? why blah blah? ... those are fine. What happened afterward was the disaster. Briefly, the interviewer eat my resume, digested it and pulled a case outta his ass and asked me to solve it. That is not enough. While I was trying to crack that literally-full-of-crap case, a not so unfamiliar voice got my attention. It was Paul McCarthy whining about his problems and dreaming of Yesterday. "EFFFFF ... I forgot my phone on," I thought. It was down-hEll from there!

Later in the day, I found a missed call from Deloitte recruiter. She informed me that they gave me an offer. Lousy lame yay came outta my mouth. Once I got home, I checked my email. I was/am shocked by the numbers. They are quite unexpectedly HIGH for that position. Even, the signing bonuses are like A LOT. I was not done being surprised and getting excited, when I read that the offer is in Houston office. "EFFF ... I did not even mention Texas in my applications." Houston is a deal breaker. I honestly would not go there, unless of course it's the only and last job offer that I can possibly get!! If they want me in Texas, I might as well stay in Austin.
Also, they want me to start working in July! HaHa. I need like 3 months break after school!