INTERVIEW a REAL PROFESSIONAL
(3) Module 3: Employment Skills & Job Tasks
In this module, you will be asked to interview a person in the IT field. Each school district, bank, business, or company will have an IT person you can interview. Make an appointment. You may even want to email them the questions beforehand so they can think about their responses. You may communicate with Facetime, Zoom, in-person, or simply by email.
Create a document with at least the following questions. (copy & paste). Save this document in your PIT folder (Lastname_First_Interview) Share the document with me when you are ready for me to grade. (joy@arpisd.org)
You may ask more questions if you like. But please ask at least the following:
(1) How long have you been in the field of IT?
(2) What certifications or training have you had?
(3) What specifically are your duties? What is your position in the organization?
(4) How would your rate your job satisfaction and why do you rate it as such?
(5) What are the special skills you think someone should have if they had a job like yours?
(6) Can you list some of the daily tasks that you perform? Are there some special tasks that you perform only on an irregular basis?
(7) What are the advantages of your position?
(8) What are the disadvantages of your position?
(9) What kind of continuing education do you need to keep up with evolving IT tasks? Where do you get continuing education?
(10) Would you recommend to students that they pursue jobs similar to yours?
Reporting your answers: Please do not use the name of the person you interviewed in your report. You may describe their job or business setting. You will share your report in G Classroom.