The Good News .. Job Offer and Acceptance [3/4/2011]

I have been anxiously waiting to write this post.  As you know may know if you read my last post, I had my fourth and final phone interview on Friday.  I knew it was my last chance to prove myself to amazon but in preparation for my other interviews I really didn't do anything that helped me, so I kind of just waited for it to happen(even though I actually had to run home from Differential Equations lecture to be able to answer my phone in time).  I got off the phone with the interviewer with the best feeling in the world, knowing I had nailed the interview.

I had just finished up a week of exams as well as a few other interviews.  All of this was stressing me out.  After doing some homework I went to see "The Adjustment Bureau" with my roommate.  I got back to my computer and opened my email.  I was thrilled to see an offer letter from Amazon.com in my inbox.  This took me by surprise because I had gotten off the phone with the interviewer only a few hours earlier, but I couldn't have been happier.

I could not wait to call my family and a few friends and tell them the good news.  Amazon had been my top choice since the fall of this past year and everyone knew that.  I hadn't put much thought into it before beginning this school year but I knew I wanted to work at Amazon for a while.  The hardest part may have been calling all of the other college recruiters to turn down other job offers as well as lingering interviews.  They mostly understood,except for one, which turned out to be a pain.  I had a while to accept the offer from Amazon, but ended up accepting it the day after talking to the recruiter.  This was really a no-brainer.

So it's official, I will be working in Seattle, Washington this summer as a Software Development Engineering Intern!  Being from New Hampshire, I will need to somehow get to Washington.  I have tentative plans to drive out there, and see some of the country on my way.  Sure I could fly, but thats lame.  I am especially excited to go out there as I haven't really left New England(New York) in recent years.