{"id":20415,"date":"2017-10-04T12:32:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T17:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=20415"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:40:22","slug":"how-do-you-prepare-for-an-informational-interview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/informational-interviews\/how-do-you-prepare-for-an-informational-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you prepare for an informational interview?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>Prepare for an informational interview as if it were a screening interview, in which an organization conducts an initial interview to narrow the pool of applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Informational interviews can quickly turn into job interviews if you happen to contact a person<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whose organization has a vacancy or<\/li>\n<li>Who may want to create a new position around your qualifications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Preparing questions for an informational interview:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepare written questions in advance<\/li>\n<li>Prioritize your questions so that you list the most essential information first<\/li>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/informational-interviews\/what-questions-might-you-ask-during-an-informational-interview\/\">What questions might you ask during an informational interview<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Otherwise, prepare for an informational interview just as you would for a job interview:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/preparation\/\">Preparation: how do you get ready for my interview?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/tell-me-about-yourself\/\">How do you respond to the question,\u201dTell me about yourself\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/clothes\/\">Clothes: what do you wear to an interview?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/informational-interviews\/what-questions-might-you-ask-during-an-informational-interview\/\">What questions might you ask during an informational interview?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare for an informational interview as if it were a screening interview, in which an organization conducts an initial interview to narrow the pool of applicants. Informational interviews can quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":19681,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20415","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20415"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41049,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20415\/revisions\/41049"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}