{"id":20424,"date":"2017-10-04T12:38:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T17:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=20424"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:40:22","slug":"how-do-you-handle-an-informational-interview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/informational-interviews\/how-do-you-handle-an-informational-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you handle an informational interview?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h6>Remember:\u00a0<strong>NEVER use an informational interview to ask for a job!<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h3>Time<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Be on time, or a few minutes early (15 minutes at the most)<\/li>\n<li>If you are unable to keep the appointment, cancel by phone. \u00a0Don\u2019t just fail to show up!<\/li>\n<li>Plan to spend 20 minutes &#8212; and never more than 30 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Emphasize how much you appreciate the interviewer\u2019s time<\/li>\n<li>Tell the interviewer why you believe the interview will be helpful to you<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/tell-me-about-yourself\/\">Give a very brief overview your experiences, skills, interests, and goals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions and answers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow a general format of questions and answers<\/li>\n<li>Ask <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/informational-interviews\/what-questions-might-you-ask-during-an-informational-interview\/\">\u201chow\u201d and \u201cwhat\u201d questions<\/a> about the industry, field, organization, roles, or job search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Final five minutes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask for contacts or referrals<\/li>\n<li>Ask if you may use the interviewer\u2019s name in approaching these contacts or referrals<\/li>\n<li>Thank the interviewer for meeting with you<\/li>\n<li>State how helpful the information was in your career search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Thank you note<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/thank-you-notes\/\">Send a thank you note within 48 hours of the interview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember:\u00a0NEVER use an informational interview to ask for a job! Time Be on time, or a few minutes early (15 minutes at the most) If you are unable to keep [&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-20424","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20424","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=20424"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41047,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20424\/revisions\/41047"}],"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=20424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}