I'm an Interview Machine and Wife is an Organizing Genius

It will be a very busy couple of days for us. In a few minutes, I will go to class, and then the moment it gets out, Wife and I will rush to the airport to fly to Washington, D.C. Tomorrow, I will have a day of “serious” interviews with a major firm in their DC office. Then, Friday, I have a FULL day of screening interviews.

On Friday, there is essentially a meat market for tax attorneys (basically speed dating for lawyers and firms to hook-up). Firms from around the country will be at a posh hotel to meet with us (actually, there will be firms from around the world). The way the system basically works is that is that we submitted our credentials to the firms, and then they invited the attorneys they like to have a screening interview with them. To make a long story short, I am blessed to have a good number of interviews – more than I could humanly accept. These are just screening interviews, so the odds of any of these turning into employment is rather small, but it is a great start.

Why is Wife attending? Well, she is taking time off work to act as my personal assistant, and more importantly, my brain. Besides being gorgeous, brilliant, kind-hearted, and hilarious, she is also possibly the most organized person in the world. She has the uncanny ability to turn absolutely anything into a spreadsheet. Not only can she turn anything into a spreadsheet – she actually does turn everything into a spreadsheet (and a “pretty spreadsheet” at that). While I concentrate on interviewing more times than you would believe in about eight hours, Wife is in charge of the folder of research and paperwork I must submit to each firm. While I will play the dumb bobble-head talking and schmoozing with partners, Wife will be the one ensuring I’m where I need to be, when I need to be there, with the information I need when I get there. Undoubtedly, if it were not for her organization, I would only have been able to accept about half as many interviews as I did. While most other candidates will have approximately an hour between interviews, I will have less than 15 seconds (seriously, that’s not an exaggeration). Hopefully, we will be a model of teamwork running like a well-oiled machine.