For me, this dates back to 1973, and the interview process was quite different from what it is today, I am sure. Back then, your grades were the most important thing. I graduated Summa Cum Laude, and I was sent on to different interviews for a co-op assignment. I was offered both jobs. One of the jobs was doing the exact opposite of what I was doing in my current job, which was at the college I was attending. In my current job, I was working in the college job placement office, trying to find jobs for college students. In the job I was interviewing for, I was accepting students into those jobs. The second job I was interviewing for was as a co-op student as an assistant secretary in the office of a vice president of General Motors. This was the first time GM ever hired someone "off the street" into a vice president's office. I was floored that I was even sent on this interview and even more floored when I was offered the job. I wanted the second job much more than I wanted the first.