May 21, 2010

Jeramy Does Dallas

So, I applied for an internship with Southwest Airlines in their legal department back in March. I hadn’t heard anything and I just thought they didn’t want me. Then I got a phone call to set up an interview the beginning of May. The phone interview went well apparently, because they invited me to come to Dallas at their expense. So I left Thursday afternoon, ready to conquer Dallas!



I had an awesome driver to the Airport in Conner Castagno (a former Mission Comp).



My first stop was in New Mexico. I had never been there before. I’m going to be honest and say it didn’t look that exciting. This statue was cool though.



After another hour and a half flight, I arrived in Dallas. It was a smaller airport, but super crowded. I got my luggage and caught a shuttle to my hotel, which was way nice.



I then decided to explore Downtown Dallas. I was originally going to take a cab, but they were super expensive, so I took the Bus instead. Luckily, the Bus Driver was really cool and helped me get to where I needed to be. Being the Poli-Sci major that I am, I went to the JFK memorial in the square where he got shot.



After finding my way back to the Hotel on the Bus, I went to bed. I woke up super early because I didn’t want to over sleep. After getting ready and eating breakfast, I got a shuttle to Southwest Headquarters.



When I arrived I had to give them a ton of paperwork that they wanted (transcripts, letters of recommendation, essay, applications). After a while, I went in for my interview. They interview candidates in teams. My team was made up of three people. It was Karen from HR (she is the one that I had the phone interview with) and two people from the legal department with whom I would be working. They asked all of the normal questions and I think it went pretty well. After my interview, I went to the Airport to catch a plane back to Salt Lake. My flight went from Dallas to Tulsa to Denver and finally to Salt Lake. Owen, was super awesome and gave me a ride home. I was grateful for that.

Overall, it was an awesome experience. Texas was amazing. That was my first time in the Lonestar State and I was impressed. All of the people I met were super nice. All of the people at Southwest were so incredibly nice. It would be awesome to work for them. Even if I don’t get it though, it was still a beneficial experience!

May 15, 2010

A Smashing Success



So, I’m back in Provo after a two week vacation home. Life is really boring because I am only working 15 hours a week and studying for the LSAT. But, other than that life is good. Owen and I have this goal to visit a lot of the restaurants in Utah. We thought we would start it off with a smash, a smash burger that is. I have to admit, I was kind of skeptical about how the quality of the burger was going to be, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a nice sized burger and very delicious. The fries are covered in olive oil, rosemary, garlic and other “herbs”. Owen had the classic SmashBurger.



I had the Beehive SmashBurger which had onion straws, BACON and barbeque sauce on it. So delicious. It was really good, only it needed more barbeque sauce.



So that is one restaurant off of our list. Our goal is about one a week! Stay tuned!