By Bernard Saunders, MBA '19 Bernard Saunders after his interview at NextEra Energy. This was my first time attending the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Conference, and it was a whirlwind. I started preparing in the summer before first-year MBA orientation after speaking with the Career Management Center (CMC) staff, who advised that I attend and put a lot of time and energy into applying for internships well in advance of the actual career expo. Starting in July, I checked the NBMBAA job board each day to find the right internship opportunities, and I continued to refine my resume. Multiple times I scoured the whole NBMBAA job board, which often had over 1500 jobs posted at one time! The hard work and deliberate planning paid off. By applying so early in the process, I had seven interviews and three company social events lined up before NBMBAA even began. A lot of the CMC programming in August and September is focused on winning job interviews on the floor in t...