{"id":20421,"date":"2017-10-04T12:35:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=20421"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:40:22","slug":"what-questions-might-you-ask-during-an-informational-interview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/informational-interviews\/what-questions-might-you-ask-during-an-informational-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"What questions might you ask during an informational interview?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h3>Questions about the organization<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the management style of this organization?<\/li>\n<li>What values do you find in this job environment?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions about the interviewer\u2019s own career<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How did you first enter this job\/career?<\/li>\n<li>What motivated you to pursue this work, and what motivates you to stay in it?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of background do you have? \u00a0Did it help you in this field?<\/li>\n<li>How do you spend your time during a typical day?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions about the job, career or field<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the advantages and disadvantages of this field?<\/li>\n<li>What are the career prospects in this field?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of background is required for this type of position?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of experience (internships?) would be advantageous in this field?<\/li>\n<li>What technologies are integrated into this career?<\/li>\n<li>How would you recommend that someone break into this field?<\/li>\n<li>Is there something you would recommend I do to test whether this type of job is a fit for me?<\/li>\n<li>Is there any other information you can offer to help me understand what it might be like to work in this sort of job?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions about working conditions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the typical working conditions of this job? (workload, expectations, dress codes, degree of independence, amount of supervision, closeness of relationships, pressures, degree of cooperation or competition)<\/li>\n<li>What is the philosophy of the company around flex time, sick leave, personal days, daycare?<\/li>\n<li>Is there much travel involved?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions about salary, benefits and promotion<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What kind of compensation (salary and benefits) can one expect?<\/li>\n<li>What are the possibilities for mobility? From one level to another? Between companies? Between states? Outside of the country?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions about referrals and future contacts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Who else would you recommend I contact for more information?<\/li>\n<li>Could you recommend a person or organization that might provide a shadowing\/externship experience for a day?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/informational-interviews\/how-do-you-handle-an-informational-interview\/\">How do you handle 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>Questions about the organization What is the management style of this organization? What values do you find in this job environment? Questions about the interviewer\u2019s own career How did you [&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-20421","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20421","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=20421"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41048,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20421\/revisions\/41048"}],"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=20421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}