Appendix 1 Informational Interview What is an informational interview? Is there really a need to do it? What benefits can you get from it? Read the following information. An Informational Interview is an activity where you will make an appointment with a person who has similar career or business that you desire when you finish Senior High School. You will get information about the job or business including the company where that person belongs. This is to have a better understanding about the job or business you are interested to pursue. In the interview, you will be given the opportunity to seek information from the person about the beliefs, attitude and skills needed related to his job or business. It aims to make you become more informed about your career choice. You will need the information you will get to compare and match it with your own interests, knowledge, and skills. In this way, you can evaluate whether the job or business affirms to your career choice. To better understand the job or business, you will also include in the interview the mission statement and core values of the company or business of the person you interviewed. In addition, this interview will also help you develop your communication skills and confidence as well. Preliminaries before conducting the informational interview. 1. Interview someone who has a similar job or business with your career choice. To help you identify the person or business owner to interview, ask assistance from your friends, neighbors, family, teachers, alumni, or your barangay officials. List at least three persons as possible interviewees. The first one to be available will be your final interviewee 2. Contact your potential interviewee by letter, email or phone. State your name and that you are a Grade 12 learner. Tell him/her about your intention-why you are contacting him/her and from whom you received his/her name. Specify that you will just be asking for the opportunity to conduct an interview about his/her job or business as a means of exploring on your dream job or business. 3. If he/she consents to be interviewed, ask for his/her most convenient time and manner of interview (whether via phone or face-to-face). Request for 15-20 minutes for a phone interview, or 20-30 minutes for a face-to-face interview. If possible, request for a face-to-face interview. Respect the interviewee's time by staying within the time frame agreed upon. 5. Assure the interviewee that the information you have gathered from him/her will not be used for other purpose except for the assignment given. Express your words of gratitude after the interview