Interview with an Electrical Engineer
If it is possible choose a company in California for which the Interviewee works for:
>>Introduction [approx. half a page]. List the company he/she works for, the product/service that
this company offers? You need to set up the rhetorical situation in the introduction, so that all of
these questions are answered.
Remember, introductions “set the stage” by explaining the
Who?
Why?
Where?
When?
This will be at least half a page.
>>Conclusion (double space): Sum up what was meaningful about the interview.
Questions to Ask are following:
1. Inquire about the communication skills necessary on the job. Ask: what kind of writing is done
on the job?
2. One environmental question: e.g., does the company have environmental policies? Does the
interviewee’s job deal with environmental issues? What are the environmental concerns within
that industry?
3. Does the company have a code of ethics? Has the interviewee dealt with an ethical dilemma
in the workplace that he or she is willing to share?
4. Begin with career questions about the interviewee’s job title, duties, responsibilities
5. What inspired you to pursue this career?
6. Ask what typical day on the job looks like. What do you do first, second, third?
7. Ask for a brief description of his/her career path(Electrical Engineering). How did they get to
where they are working currently?
8. Ask them about what projects they are most interested in or what they would create if they
were ‘in-charge’ of the company?
9. Ask for advice about your electrical engineering degree and courses or experiences they
recommend?
10. Ask technical questions, if interested, that relate to your major
11. Ask for personal advice, if appropriate: what top three personality traits would you say are
important to have in this field?
12. Ask what he or she sees as the most important aspect of being a good engineer?
13. Perhaps end with questions about the future, e.g., the future of the company, or technology,
or industry in 5 years
14. What challenges do you face on the job?
15. What do you like best about your job?
>>On the paper do no type the questions. Only mention the question # i.e #1,#2,#3,#4,#5….,
followed by the answer.
>>You are welcome to rearrange the questions to help better the flow of interview.
