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By Samantha Roney, Class of 2015
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| Samantha Roney |
Junior Year. The time when adults stop asking you what your major is and start asking you what you want to do with your life. I can honestly say I (still) have no idea, but the McConnell Center is certainly trying to help me figure it out. Last Friday I had the opportunity to do mock interviews for an internship at the McConnell Center. I dressed in a business suit, was greeted at the door, and told to wait until an interviewer came to get me. After two twenty minute interviews I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with both of my interviewers about what I did right and wrong.
That is something I like about the McConnell Center. I figured when I came into the Program that I would learn mostly philosophical leadership qualities and very little practical skills. However I have been pleasantly surprised. We do read Plato and Robert Penn Warren, but we also meet with leaders that can give us more practical leadership skills. These mock interviews were fun and beneficial. I had the opportunity to meet some pretty cool professionals and got some good advice on how to land a job upon graduation.
Samantha Roney is a junior McConnell Scholar at the University of Louisville. She is majoring in Finance and Political Science and minoring in Economics and International Business.