Another Interview

In mid January Brandon had an interview with a firm down in Springfield. It was kinda ironic, how it all happened.


My good friend Melissa's husband works as a paralegal at a firm in Downtown Springfield. Matthew loves his job, and she talked all the time about how much she thought Brandon would like it. It was a smaller firm, but kinda did what Brandon was interested in doing. And we lucked out and they were hiring. Brandon drove all the way to Springfield to drop off his resume, hoping to get a chance to talk to the husband and wife owners. He didn't get a chance to, but they did call back for an interview.

A week or so later, the five of us loaded up and headed to Springfield, for Brandon's big interview. I had to be back in St Louis at 7 that evening for a Twins Club Board meeting, and Brandon's interview wasn't scheduled until 2:30. So the boys and I drove Brandon to the interview and just hung out in the car, so that afterward we could high tail it back to STL. His interview lasted an hour and a half! It seemed like forever sitting in my Armada.

After a strange set of circumstances, we found out a few weeks later that Brandon didn't get the job. We were upset, but they told Brandon about another firm in town that was hiring. (Upset is an understatement, Brandon and I were working out at the local gym, and I started bawling on the treadmill!)

Come to find out one of the named partners in the firm that Brandon was referred to, was best friends to another alumni of Brandon's fraternity. During Brandon's first year of school, he had heard about this firm, but they weren't hiring any summer associates. So Brandon sent in his information to BLMH(Baird, Lighnter, Millsap, and Harpool). Hoping that by knowing a connection alone, he would get an interview. And it worked! So in mid Feburary we went back to Springfield for the interview.

Brandon fell in love with the office. The people were very nice, and he thinks he did great in the interview, so we are just waiting to find out!