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Informational Interview Essay

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Informational Interview Report

Minor Assignment #1
Business Writing 390
Instructor: Dr. Amie Wolf

Student Number: 48700132
Name: Jiaqi Zhai

Date: September 15th, 2016

Contact Details:

Name: Andy (Ruishen) Lyu
Job Title: Engineering Coop Intern
Organization: Quantum Technology corp.
Telephone: 778-829-7201
Date and Time: September 14th, 2016, 9:00 p.m.
Duration of interview: 10-15 minutes.

• The set up of the interview and the reason why I selected this particular person to interview

Andy is a very good friend of mine, and he studies Engineering Physics at UBC. Four months ago, he landed his first job in Canada to serve as an intern for a technical company. Since Andy and I both speak English as a second language, I am curious about the role effective written communication plays in his career and company. Therefore, I called him on Tuesday to ask for an informational interview about written communication. He accepted my request and would like to chat with me. Since his office locates in Squamish, I arranged to conduct the interview over FaceTime.

• A summary of Andy’s responses to my questions during the interview

Question 1: What role does written communication play in your job?

Andy said that written communication …show more content…

One day, his manager asked him to write a report based on data from an experiment. After he handed in the report to the manager, his manager was dissatisfied because his report was not a professional and format was not standardized. As a result, his manager gave the report to his colleague and trained his colleague in detail to participate in the project. He lost this opportunity to learn new skills and build up his resume. Therefore, it is critical for us to pay attention to everything we write in workplace because these words are permanent and can mean a lot with an unknown

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