Aup Bachelor - Internship Report Guidelines (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

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GUIDELINES FOR INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS

Interns must submit a written summary of an interview with a relevant professional as part of

their academic requirements. This provides an opportunity to acquire information useful in the

formulation of career plans. Students may select the professional supervising their internship, or

others in the same company or field, but they may not interview family members. The written

report should be approximately four-five typewritten pages and must be submitted to the Faculty

Reader along with other assignments.

RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE

Request permission to interview your contact by either writing or calling directly to ask for an

appointment. He or she should be informed of the purpose of the interview and

approximately how much time it will take. The interview should last at least 20 minutes.

Prepare the interview by making a list of questions (see below). Avoid personal questions.

Be on time for the interview. Ask for permission to take notes or record the interview should

you wish to do this. If the report will contain confidential information, make sure that the

contact understands that a written summary will be read by faculty members and possibly

others in the AUP community.

Within a week following the interview, send a note to your contact to express thanks for

his/her time, consideration and ideas. Indicate when the report will be ready and send him

or her a copy.

It is important to aim for a report that is informative and interesting, and which clearly sums

up the interviewee’s responses.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS

Select the questions that seem most appropriate with regard to the person you are interviewing, and/or add

some of your own.

1. How did you get involved in this line of work?

2. Are any degrees or qualifications required or recommended for this position?

3. What are the key skills and personality traits needed to succeed?

4. How many hours a week do you work? Is it common to take work home?

5. How much variety is there in your work? How much specialization?

6. What is a typical day like? A typical week?

7. What are the most difficult problems and decisions with which you are faced?

8. Does this job have any travel obligations?

9. Are there any civic or social obligations that go with this job?

10. Is it easy for someone in this field to move to another location?

11. What is the best thing about this job? The worst?

12. How visible are you in this job?

13. What trends do you see happening in your field?

14. What is a typical starting salary? What can someone expect to earn after five or six years of

experience?

15. Are there ways to “try out” this line of work, i.e. internships, summer jobs, part time work?

16. What is the supply/demand situation in this field?

17. What do you wish you had known when you began your career?

18. What advice would you offer to a recent graduate interested in working in this field?

Tel. (33-1) 40-62-06-25

Fax (33-1) 53-59-82-21

internship@aup.edu

(version October 2011)

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