From the course: Informational Interviewing
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Prepare to ask questions and take notes
From the course: Informational Interviewing
Prepare to ask questions and take notes
- There's nothing worse than to schedule an informational interview and arrive without prepared questions. This person is giving you time out of their busy day with no real tangible benefit for them, so you need to be prepared. I'm going to share reasons why you should prepare questions in advance, what questions are best, and the benefits of taking notes. Even for a casual informational interview, you want to be prepared. You want to avoid awkward moments of silence. In an informational interview, the responsibility to ask questions is 100% on you. To prepare the best questions, research the company and the person you're meeting with. Remember, you have very limited time, so you want to ask questions that will help you the most. You don't want to take up precious time with extensive small talk or irrelevant questions. You'll break the ice and hit it off quicker if you know some of the person's interests and history. Then, see if you can naturally work some of these things into your…
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