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Jun 22, 2026
Ep. 51 - How a Hotel School Student Landed a Wells Fargo Banking Offer
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Ben DowellHOST
Let's kick things off with our regular just tell me about yourself question, which is where did you grow up? Why did you choose Cornell? And what's your career goal after school?

Darren ShumGUEST
I'm currently a junior at Cornell in their hotel school, originally from New Jersey.

Darren ShumGUEST
I guess the reason why I chose Cornell, specifically their hotel school, as I get a lot, it's a very unique major.

Darren ShumGUEST
But I feel that having this sort of background in hotels kind of sets you apart from the more traditional business major.

Darren ShumGUEST
Um, for example, in a lot of my interviews, they asked me like, why'd you choose hotel as your major? I'm like, you know, you still take finance classes, accounting classes, but you take it from like the lens of like a hotel manager slash hospitality manager and having that unique background kind of You know, it's kind of like you're not just another business major.
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Ben DowellHOST
It's probably both, but like, um, To the extent like in recruiting, like were there any tools or any tips or any things that you would wanna share about kind of like how did you use AI just to help you do a better job recruiting? Or did you