I am going to in this reflection combine the two prompts what was the most important thing that you learned this semester and why? And the interview prompt. As this is my last reflection after two semesters, I figured I would change this reflection up and write it up as if it was the interview and answer both questions. I hope that is okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interviewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlright Nate, well thank you for coming in, we were very impressed with all your responses to the case study questions and we will definitely be in contact about the associate role in our destressed debt unit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nate:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell thank you very much and please let me know if there is anything else that I can answer for you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interviewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cActually, as you know most of our positions here at Oak Tree Capital are students that come out of UPenn and I am looking at your transcript here and some of these courses that you have listed look fantastically interesting\u2026 like Traditional China, what did you learn in that class?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nate:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHa, you\u2019re not going to believe that I prepared a response for this question back when I was at college as part of that same course. But honestly looking back at that class I learned a great deal about a culture that at the time was quite villainized because of the Communist party. It was honestly one of the more interesting history classes that I took during my time at Muhlenberg, and it was definitely eye opening when I think about how I understand why things in China are the way that they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSaying all that however I think that the most important thing that I learned in that class was how to present information in a more engaging and succinct way while still showing off your depth of knowledge in the subject. This was something that for a long time I shied away from in college because I thought that my creativity was a weakness that would take away from my ability to present and argue complex concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo the credit of my teacher, it was in Traditional China that I broke out of this way of thinking and started to be more open minded about how different elements of my researching could be presented in more interesting ways that would complement the point that I was making and the amount my audience would take away from whatever the project was. This open mindedness I think only came because of the more relaxed structure of the class and the ample time and resources that my teacher gave us when it came to crafting our own projects for the class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interviewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow interesting. Was this a lesson that you think you have continued to use after school finished and some of those more traditional assignments ended?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nate:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell yes and no. I think that some of the tools that I used in that class I haven\u2019t necessarily used in my working life but that open mindedness about new ideas and how I might adapt my thinking to complement the quality of my work is something that is definitely in the back of my mind each time I step up to complete a new project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd I would say that me being able to sit with you here today is a testament to that open mindedness and all that I learned in Traditional China. As I have been able to work over the last several years as an analyst that was trusted with the presenting of vast amounts of data to both the more senior members of my team but also to important clients. It has been in those presentations that I had to continue to brainstorm about how I can use different tools to captivate the different audiences that I have presented to whilst trying to be more succinct in the communication of my arguments when I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think that this is a powerful lesson to understand as in our line of work and with the amount of time that we spend presenting to clients and different teams within the larger company, being able to think about to a class like Traditional China sets me apart from some of the employees that you might be looking at that didn\u2019t have the same liberal arts education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interviewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWow\u2026 well you make a good point. Interesting to see how much you value your time at Muhlenberg. Hopefully, we will be hearing more about it soon. Thank you again for your time today, we will be in touch.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am going to in this reflection combine the two prompts what was the most important thing that you learned this semester and why? And the interview prompt. 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