Stressful times

P4 has been, by far, the period with the most stressful environment since the beginning of INSEAD. Recruitment season has started, and the end of the MBA program is just around the corner. Everyone feels the urge to find a job - and preferable a job that helps paying back such a high investment that an MBA is.

Since the first week of P4, different companies have been on campus. There were several company presentations everyday, corporate lunches and cocktails, coffee-chats, informal talks, informative e-mails and brochures, and more.

Over 50% of the MBA candidates want to move into consulting. Note that over 30% of MBA candidates are already consultants. Summing the two numbers up, if everyone got their dream job, most of INSEAD would be future consultants. Crazy, uh? What does this mean. It means that thousands of mock interviews happened in the past weeks (months) on campus. Applicants for consulting have been preparing themselves like crazy, and those who are already consultants (like me!) end up helping them out. Between P3 and P4, I did over 30 mock interviews to friends, and even people I don't know. A girl gotta do what a girl gotta do! Hopefully, I am helping future leaders being offered a job that will help them ramping up their careers.

Other multinationals have been on campus too. Microsoft, Amazon, Kraft Heinz, and others, started interviewing already too. Paths such as Venture Capital, Private Equity and so on require each people to work by themselves outside the INSEAD channels.

Last weekend, to run away from such stressful times on campus, I went to Paris. It was Catarina Calha's birthday and we had 8 friends visiting. We had good food, walked a lot, did some sightseeing but mostly enjoyed the city. We stayed in Marais, and walked through Marais, Saint Germain, Madeleine, Monnaie... What a lovely weekend. Check some pictures below.

This weekend, Mom, Dad and Gorda will be in town. Going to Paris to wait for them now. Yeyyyyyy!