Then, the keynote started and our day was off! Moving from talks to keynotes to the career fair was awesome, even though we were dead tired by the end of the day! It was inspiring to see so many female engineers and scientists all together and all the talks and keynotes were informational and interesting. For me, the biggest shock was the career fair. It was huge! There were probably one hundred or more companies, including big names like Google, Facebook, and Northrop Grumman. I had brought a number of copies of my resume, so I went around to different companies and gave them a paper copy or had them take a picture of my resume to put in their system. It was definitely nerve-wracking to walk up to strangers and give them my elevator speech, but I realized that the recruiters were actually very friendly. Even though I was not familiar with the company, I also submitted my resume to Lockheed Martin.
After the conference, I did not think too much about the resumes I submitted, but within the next couple of months, Lockheed Martin reached out to me about a phone interview. After a successful interview, they offered me an internship position! Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, I was not able to continue with the internship, but it was still amazing to get an offer.