Sherry’s teacher told her that she should schedule an informational interview with the mayor of her city. which two questions wo
uld help her meet her purpose of holding an informational interview? how much money do you make as the mayor of our city? when were you elected mayor of our city, and how many years have you served? what experience did you obtain before being elected? who else do you know in this career field that i could speak to about this career? how many people live in our city, and when do you hold meetings with community members?
The two questions that Sherry should ask the mayor in the informational interview are:
what experience did you obtain before being elected?
how many people live in our city, and when do you hold meetings with community members?
An informational interview can be defined as an interview which is conducted to talk about certain facts and knowledge based stuff. The purpose of this interview is not entertainment, but to inquire about a particular topic from the interviewee. This is an official conversation.
Such informational interviews keeps a check on the following:
No personal questions
Professional decorum
Facts based questions
Use of formal language
Therefore, the two questions are:
what experience did you obtain before being elected?
how many people live in our city, and when do you hold meetings with community members?
