INTERVIEWING PROJECT
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
Background information:
I am planning to interview Bryan Hutchins on Monday at 4:20 pm. He is currently doing desktop support and system operation. Although we are not in the same exactly major but his major is related to my major because my major is computer science. I will interview him in the business building at the coffee table. Where I can get him a drink and we could have a really nice environment for interviewing.
Opening:
Hi (Smile and handshake). Thank you for sparing some of your time helping me with my interview assignment for my communication class. The interview should take about half an hour; this should be enough time for us to cover the four topics that I wanted to interview you about. Do you have any question before we start?
Body:
Educational:
1. Do you have a college degree?
2. What did you major in?
3. Do you plan to take any higher education?
Facts about the business:
1. Why did you choose to do desktop support and system operation?
2. How did you start this career?
· Does it take much to get start with this career?
· Are there any recommended ways to get start?
· Does this career have many related field in it? And can I change to other field later on?
3. What did you need to learn to achieve the requirements for this job?
4. What do you think I should not do when entering this field when in business?
Working schedule:
1. Please describe an average day of working for yourself?
2. How do you handle work and family matters?
3. Do you get a lot of holidays?
4. Is this job intense that requires you to be 100% all the time?
5. Can you work at home?
Personal Perspective:
1. Do you like this job?
2. What do you like about this job?
3. If you can change major would you do it? Why?
Clearinghouse question: the interviewee’s turn:
1. Is there anything I haven’t asked that you think I should know?
2. Is there anyone else you recommend I speak to?
Closing:
Thank you and show appreciation toward him.
Tell him that the information helped a lot.
Handshake. Goodbye.
Letter of Thanks
2309
Mackay Lane,
Taylorsville, UT 84119
March 12, 2012
Mr. Loc Nguyen
3738
Apple farm Cir,
West Valley city, UT
Dear Loc:
Thank you for letting me interviewing you. I really appreciated you spending your time to help me with my communication project. I learned many things about architecture from your information.
I was really interested in how you define what an architect does. An architect is one who invents, designs building and finally translates the use requirements into a built environment. Before I only thought of an architect is the ones who only designs buildings but never thought there are much more things that an architect does. And I was quite shocked when founding out that an architect never says that he makes a lot of money. It just sounds funny to me.
Once again, I would like to thank you for all the precious information and tips that you showed me in the architecture field. After this interview I feel great and excited that I’m actually going to be an architect and will try my hardest to be one.
Sincerely,
Phuong Dang
Phuong Dang
Memo
Date: March 12, 2012
To: Mr. Loc
From: Phuong Dang
Subject: Information-Gathering Interview
1/The purpose of this memo is about me expecting what my major in my head before the interview and what do I think about it after I have done the interview. Or what have I learnt from the interview. Will I change my major or follow it to the end.
2/Education: About education architect does take a lot of time to study and mastered. Studying architect requires me to be active, creative, and careful. Also if I want to work in the U.S I must have a master degree in architect in order to work. And study architect will make me stay on campus most of the time.
3/Working Schedule: an architect will never have enough time to sleep. They can choose to work home or at an office in a company, can be self- employed. Work is a lot so they often don’t have much time. But because sometimes they can stay at home so they can still take care of their family. Like a normal person would.
4/Facts about the business: an architect will never say that’s he’s rich. But if he knows how to catch opportunities then money will come and if he does good work then his name will be recognized to many business so that will generates money.
5/a/ The information I’ve learnt have help me have a more clearer definition of what architecture is, what does it do and what do I need to do to be an architect. I really like creative work and freedom of creative so It is really nice to be an architecture plus I love buildings.
b/ I have learnt that preparing for an interview is a must because you just can’t interview people when you’re unprepared and I must be patient and relaxed more to make the whole interview more smooth.
6/ In conclusion from doing this memo I have realized or have a better understanding of what architect is from the interview from the aspect of education, working schedule and facts about business. And this memo certainly helped me to know that should I choose to do architecture which I will.
