Task:
Requirements for interview reflection
Write a two page minimum, typed, double spaced, 12 point font, 1-inch margin reflection paper about your informational interview. Note that your paper should be in narrative form, not in question and answer format. Include a citation that states your interviewee's name, title, company, e-mail address and phone number.
In your paper, use your informational interview experience to answer the following questions:
Who, What, When, Where & How: Who did you interview? What are your interviewee's industry, job title and company? When did you meet your contact? Where did you meet with him/her? How did you get in touch?
What were your main concerns or questions about the industry and position? Were they answered sufficiently in your meeting? How were they answered?
Did you learn anything that made your industry of choice more favorable? Less favorable? If so, what?
Did you learn anything that surprised you about the industry or your interviewer? If so, what?
What have you learned about networking through this experience? How might you use informational interviewing as a tool in the future? What were the most difficult and rewarding parts of this assignment?