Informational Interview Questions

“In reading about ed tech careers, I’ve found it so interesting that you are working right at the intersection of education and technology. I’d love to know more about how you juggle those two. I don’t want to be stagnant but I love my liberal arts education and would never want to lose touch completely. Can you tell me about how you use your education? Or has the work moved you completely over to the world of business?”

“One of the challenges of your job must be the variety of departments and disciplines that you work with. What types of people do you find yourself interacting with? And, if you don’t mind me asking, what’s interesting or challenging about working with those teams."

• Would you take a minute to run through the specifics of how you first moved out of academia and into your first industry job?
• Is there anything you would have done differently in your early career or any cautions you’d alert me to in hindsight?
• Can you share with me what you think the major ingredients for your success have been so far? What internal or mindset elements do I need to be thinking about?
• What do you think the best next move would be for me to manage my way along a similar career path?