The summer internship search drinking game
When you have to include your GPA– take a drink!
Well it’s that season again—the summer internship search season. Unless you’re a B-School freak, you’re probably just starting to clean up your cover letters and iron out your resume. It’s a long and boring time full of blows to your self-esteem. We all know the best activity for when you’re bored and lacking in self-confidence: drinking! Follow the rules of this drinking game and you’ll be on your way to happiness—even if you aren’t on your way to your dream job.
When you successfully integrate all of the company’s buzzwords into your cover letter—take a drink!
When you successfully delete all the suspicious photos of yourself off Facebook—take a drink!
When you edit your resume fonts enough to make it all fit on one page—take a drink!
When you realize you spilt coffee on your blazer—take a drink!
When you somehow make your club involvement look good on a resume—take a drink!
When you have to spend money on an official transcript—take a drink!
When you finally find the companies street address for your cover letter—take a drink!
When you mess up the gender of your recruiter over email, sorry Ms. Billy—chug!
When your mom asks you how you’re paying to live in a big city this summer—chug!
When you realize you have to include your GPA on your application—chug!
When you realize your application has a required writing sample—chug!
When you find out it’s a panel interview—finish your drink!
When you get an in-person interview instead of a Skype interview and realize you have to wear pants—finish your drink!
When three weeks have gone by and you still haven’t gotten an interview—finish your drink!
When your interviewer says they’re a UNC alum—finish your drink, you’ve got the job!
Don’t worry Tar Heels! You go to one of the best public universities in the nation. If anyone can land an awesome internship this summer, it’s you. Keep your hopes high—but make sure you keep your BAC at a responsible level.