The initial interview took place on campus. I was asked about my resume, accomplishments, what I wanted to achieve, and general questions.

The second interview was in the city. Upon arrival, I was told I was interviewing for several positions rather than one, with very little information about what they entailed.

I had gone with my friend, who had applied exactly the same way as me. He was "placed" into the "Business Analyst" program, and I was placed into the "Software Engineer Tech" program somehow.

Initially, it began as a large group project where we had to design, plan, and advertise an event. After presenting this, the next part of the interviews involved face-to-face 45-minute technical interviews. It was like programming speed-dating, and I didn't expect anything like it.

I talked to about 5 different people with dramatically different and rather deep technical questions about various programming designs, paradigms, and specifics. Some questions were about topics I'd never heard of and doubt I will until my senior semester. It felt very rushed too, with only a few minutes to answer each question. Some interviewers wanted me to write the code in any language of my preference.

One troubling part of these interviews was that multiple times I was asked, or presumed, to know MySQL in depth by different interviewers. It was never stated on my resume, the intern requirements, or anything of that nature.

As for my friend, he said he had very laid-back and non-technical questions. He said it was one of the easiest interviews he'd done. Despite the fact that we both went in with similar skills, goals, and for the same position, it felt very wrong.

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