Purchase Solution

Conducting an Information Interview

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Conduct an information interview using the instructions in the above reading. Try to identify an information broker or superconductor (explained in Uzzi & Dunlap article) and conduct an information interview with her or him. If you are interested in changing your job or advancing, this is a wonderful opportunity. If you aren't interested in these, find someone in a career that you find interesting, explain to your interviewee that you are doing this for a class, and that you need to act as if you are interested in exploring his or her career. Write 3 pages (double spaced) describing:

1. The person's name, position and organization
2. Why you chose this person to interview
3. Your interview questions
4. What happened in the interview
5. The names of at least two people you were referred to
6. The person's reaction to your resume

Read The Following

1. Information Interviews
http://www.career.fsu.edu/experience/information-interviews-guide.html

2. How to Build Your Network
This is an eye-opening article about career networking. It introduces some of the key concepts of social networks and shows how they apply to improving your professional network.
Uzzi, B. & Dunlap, S. (2005). How to Build Your Network. Harvard Business Review. 83(12) 53-60.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

This answer provides information gleaned from the articles along with a long list of interview questions in 729 words.

Solution Preview

1. The person's name, position and organization

The person's name is Araba Dowell, she is the Southeast Region Communications, General Motors.

2. Why you chose this person to interview

I have selected this person for interview because I am a trained apprentice at Ford Motor Company and I wanted to interview a person who was an information broker in the automobile industry. In addition, I am interested in switching over to marketing in automobiles. Araba has more than 10 years experience in PR and marketing in different organizations. She is a person who is a true information broker, she is known in the automobile industry as a professional who has diverse skills and these provide me with the best chance of information that I need. She is a person who is known to have several avenues of information retrieval and can help me plan my career.

3. Your interview questions

What education is required to get started in automobile marketing?
What are the skills required in an automobile marketing job?
What are the difficulties an automobile marketing professional faces?
What approach to these difficulties ...

Solution provided by:
Education
  • BSc , University of Calcutta
  • MBA, Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management
Recent Feedback
  • "I read your comments, and thank you for this feedback. Do I need to find other studies that applied this methodology Ive used? That's where I'm stuck at."
  • "Thank you kindly sir. "
  • "Excellent and well explained. --Thank you kindly. "
  • "Awesome notes. I appreciate you."
  • "I have the follow-up project and I will assign that to you very soon. "
Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Organizational Leadership Quiz

This quiz prepares a person to do well when it comes to studying organizational leadership in their studies.

Understanding the Accounting Equation

These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.

Social Media: Pinterest

This quiz introduces basic concepts of Pinterest social media

Six Sigma for Process Improvement

A high level understanding of Six Sigma and what it is all about. This just gives you a glimpse of Six Sigma which entails more in-depth knowledge of processes and techniques.

Basic Social Media Concepts

The quiz will test your knowledge on basic social media concepts.