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Vienna Donnelly, Class of 2021, majored in Systems Engineering and minored in Computer Science. She currently works as an Analyst at Dean & Company. Vienna enjoys the smaller sized firm environment that Dean & Company has cultivated. While interviewing, she felt like she was able to get to know many of her current colleagues and witnessed many friendships that employees had with each other. Since joining the firm, she has enjoyed the friendships and supportive environment as well as the mentorship she has experienced from more senior analysts. Vienna suggests to students to treat the case portion and conversational aspects of the interview with equal importance. She felt that she was often most focused on the case portion, but the conversational portion is important for companies to learn about your personality and for you to learn about your possible future company and future colleagues. She also suggests that students take time to assess what aspects of the job or company they are most passionate about and to ask questions about those parts.