I’m currently a rising junior studying finance and math at a semi-target university, and I’m feeling a lot of anxiety about my job search. My GPA is decent, and I have about five internships on my resume, but none of them are with well-known companies, and three of them are through my school. I haven’t landed a junior summer internship yet, which has been causing me a lot of distress. I’ve been applying for positions that I have little to no interest in, and it feels like I’m just going through the motions. I’ve been at this for a year, and I’m really struggling to find the energy to pivot to what I actually want to do. I know there are two paths I could take: 1) continue down this current route until I find a decent internship or 2) properly pivot to a field I’m passionate about. But I often feel too tired and unmotivated to pursue the second option, and I worry that my lack of interest is affecting my performance in interviews. Every time I make it to the final round and don’t get the job, it just compounds my feelings of self-doubt and frustration. I’m starting to wonder if this level of anxiety is normal or if there’s something wrong with me. I just want to know if others have felt this way during their job search.
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