Friday, January 28, 2011:
Today I had an interview with an investment banker. It took me about 3 hours previous to bring my nerves down because it was my first banking interview which are supposed to be the hardest interviews in the job market. The job was not for at his firm, but he was working on some side projects for the summer and the work was investment bank oriented. It was over the phone obviously and I thought I did relatively well. One of the questions was, "How would you value the entire rubber tire market in the United States for 2011?..." yeah, investment banking questions are not your normal interviewing questions, but that's not even the oddest one I've heard.
Later that night, myself and two friends decided to go out in Quito. It has been a week or two since I've actually gone out and I felt I was due. We went to La Plaza Foch which is basically gringo land -- where all the tourists go (but a lot of Ecuadorians go there too). It was my first time there because all the other times I went out with locals who weren't feeling the touristy area. It was fun! We ended up finding a restaurant/bar that was playing live music, but the music was Ecuadorians playing American rock. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but it was still great. We ordered some of the best tapas I've had in my life! Some sort of meat balls with a yellowish sauce, and then another dish with a kind of meat -- this was absolutely incredible. We found out later that 2 of the band members went to our university, so maybe I'll see them around later. Like always, to end up the night, we ended up bargaining down a taxi driver to give us a ride home. $10 this time. The rest of this story is on my last post with the taxi picture.
On to the next day, ciao,
Michael
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