Life is tough as an engineering student with deadlines, courses and labs. Throw resumes, career fairs and job searching into the mix. You have a perfect vision about your dream job. Future plans include rigouous hunt for the best job at a reputable company. After all, you worked hard and you deserve a great reward. Right?
If you can conduct informational interviews, you will gain ammunition to help yourself shape your future. For those who do not know, an informational interview is your opportunity to ask working professionals career-related questions. You essentially are learning about their thought processes, what works for them and what doesn’t. Why does this matter to you? It matters because you get exposures from a professional point of view. These interviewees may be in the exact job you want or in the exact job you may have. Your purpose right now as a student is to put yourself in the best position to make deliberate choices about your future.