Informational Interview Questions
The purpose of this informational interview for main to gain knowledge in the field I am interested in pursuing in my future. I plan to pursue a career as a mechanical engineer and by Interviewing Mr. Benjamin Rashford, I plan to gain useful information regarding my career field and how I could become successful in the future.
My questions:
1. How would you describe a typical day as a mechanical engineer on the job?
a. What are your duties and responsibilities?
b. What kind of problems do you often deal with?
c. What percentage of time is spent doing and are work activity fairly constant or are their busy and slow times?
2. What do you believe as the most important personal satisfaction and dissatisfactions connected with being a mechanical
engineer?
a. What do you believe as the most satisfying and most challenging?
b. What do you admire and not admire about working in this industry?
c. Do you believe the job is exciting or boring?
3. What is the best way to enter this occupation as a mechanical engineer?
a. What are the advancement opportunities?
i. Would you like to elaborate on those?
b. Would you be able to achieve this position without a PHD or Masters?
c. What were the keys to you career advancement other than additional years in school?
4. Would you like to give me a brief summary of how you get where you are right?
a. Do you have any long or short range goals for your future?
b. Do you plan on making any more advancements in your career field?
i. If so, what education preparation would you recommend for someone trying to make the same advancements?
5. Do you have any recommendations on which classes I should focus on or what minors I should do with mechanical engineering?
6. Lastly, what problems have you faced during the time you spent working as a mechanical engineer?
a. Have you faced any problems due to communication errors and if so how did you resolve them? And what are the effects of this problems?
b. How does communication play a role in your field of study?
I am honored since, you agreed to have this interview with me, and I am very grateful, this interview has thought me many things including which direction I should be heading in the future. Thank you very much and have a nice day.
My questions:
1. How would you describe a typical day as a mechanical engineer on the job?
a. What are your duties and responsibilities?
b. What kind of problems do you often deal with?
c. What percentage of time is spent doing and are work activity fairly constant or are their busy and slow times?
2. What do you believe as the most important personal satisfaction and dissatisfactions connected with being a mechanical
engineer?
a. What do you believe as the most satisfying and most challenging?
b. What do you admire and not admire about working in this industry?
c. Do you believe the job is exciting or boring?
3. What is the best way to enter this occupation as a mechanical engineer?
a. What are the advancement opportunities?
i. Would you like to elaborate on those?
b. Would you be able to achieve this position without a PHD or Masters?
c. What were the keys to you career advancement other than additional years in school?
4. Would you like to give me a brief summary of how you get where you are right?
a. Do you have any long or short range goals for your future?
b. Do you plan on making any more advancements in your career field?
i. If so, what education preparation would you recommend for someone trying to make the same advancements?
5. Do you have any recommendations on which classes I should focus on or what minors I should do with mechanical engineering?
6. Lastly, what problems have you faced during the time you spent working as a mechanical engineer?
a. Have you faced any problems due to communication errors and if so how did you resolve them? And what are the effects of this problems?
b. How does communication play a role in your field of study?
I am honored since, you agreed to have this interview with me, and I am very grateful, this interview has thought me many things including which direction I should be heading in the future. Thank you very much and have a nice day.