A few years ago, I was roped into a recruiting trip for my company to a big state school you’ve heard of. These trips usually suck, and since I’m at a relatively senior position, I can get out of them; but the VP of our division asked me personally, so there it was. I flew out to do two days at this big state school – one as a guest lecturer in this class and the second interviewing undergrad kids, mostly for summer internships. (If I’m occasionally vague on some details, it’s because I don’t want to blow up anyone’s job.)
The way this works is the recruiters handle most of the “screener” interviews – kids who apply basically cold, for whom we had no background info. (Dirty secret: most of them are not getting picked unless they really blow someone away.) In the big class I lectured in, a bunch of the kids – mostly sophomores/juniors – came up afterwards to say thanks or hi or whatever. There was this one chick, a sophomore, with wide, dewey eyes, curly dark brown hair, big tits and a slightly trashy-but-hot look. When it was her turn, she introduced herself, gave me those eyes and “just wanted to thank you *so* much” for visiting the class. I made a mental note to remember her name – let’s call her Stephanie. (Not real, obviously.)