So! I decided to sign up for Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association's Intern Game (as many of you have read from twitter and facebook). I decided to compete for Space150's awesome program for a media intern. I really like what this advertising agency is doing, I mean not many agencies could come up with a project to put advertisements on the moon :) so cool! The other internships were with Weber Shandwick, The Nerdery, EatonGolden, and Clockwork. There were 135 applicants that decided to partake in this contest, and then 3 finalists were picked to go on stage at The Fine Line to battle it out for the internship.
I found out on Monday that I was one of the three finalists for the Space150 internship and I was pretty stoked. I had noooo idea what the questions were going to be because it was a mystery until I got on stage. When we showed up it was set up like The Love Connection and the props were great. I had a couple PR friends there to cheer me on and I met some cool people at the event. Jason Derusha hosted and he was a great/hilarious host.
Space150 asked me 3 questions:
1. If you had to figure out a way to fill a 747 up with tennis balls how would you do it?
-this was a hard question, and I was the first to go :/. I said I would calculate a mathematical equation, and my guess of amount was 50,000 (oops) haha lets just say that was a hard one to answer.
2. You come into work hungover the next day, how many drinks did you have?
-I said "I don't remember" (thought it was a funny answer)
3. Whats one good thing about excel and one bad thing about powerpoint?
-I said I loved graphs because it's easier for people to understand and it gets your point across better. Worst part of powerpoint is when people put hard to read font or colors on a slide and you can't read the presentation.
Overall, I tried my best but I didn't win the contest :( I thought it was awesome that I was picked as a finalist, but in the end it wasn't a match. I was given many congratulations, and some "you were entertaining" comments from people, so in the end it was a great experience.
I definitely recommend MIMA's events because they are a great way to meet future employers and peers.
Here are some pictures from the event!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55887911@N00/sets/72157626463767597/
This week I find out if I got a marketing internship, so I'm crossing my fingers for that!
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