Below is the instruction for this assignment .I did the interview and I attach it for you. Aslo Very Important DO NOT USE ANY REFERENCES OR WORK CITED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT ONLY USE THE SCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW .Please write 5 pages double space APA exactly as instructed below: ASSIGNMENT: Interview a professional engineer in your field of interest to gain insights about his/her/their education and career path, job description, knowledge about technical issues and the company, as well as the importance of oral and written communion in the daily engineering workplace. Suggested Reading: Markel, section on “Interviews,” pages 136-138. Length: about 35-40 questions (include follow-up questions!) 4 minimum pages to 6 maximum pages! Grade: 10% of the course grade Format: INTRODUCTION: Minimum 1/2 page double spaced Q&A Summary with Reflection section: Minimum 3-5 pages double spaced with a single space between questions. CONCLUSION: Minimum 1/2 page double spaced Guidelines: You will use Zoom to interview a professional engineer (not an SJSU professor). No family members, No phone, and No emails—except for follow up questions of clarification. A good interviewee is someone who has been working as an engineer for at least five years and has a minimum of a . college degree. Select someone whose input you would value. This should be someone who is doing the job you would like to be doing either upon graduation or some time in your future career, perhaps even your dream job. 12 point font and Times New Roman. Title. Name and class info in upper left hand corner. An introduction. “Set the stage” by explaining your pre-interview reflection: Why did you choose this person? How/Where did you meet? When? What did you hope to learn? How did you arrange the meeting? (Make sure you tell the interviewee in advance of your plans for recording/transcribing). A Question/Answer format for the interview section (your last name and interviewee’s last name; NEVER first name) with only the relevant questions and answers summarized. See Markel and Canvas for examples. Cover in-depth the three REQUIRED questions below! A conclusion. Discuss the overall experience of meeting with this professional engineer. What have you learned? How do you think this experience will benefit your engineering career? Required Questions (Hint: Ask ALL of these questions to ensure completeness): Technical writing: What is the impact of oral and written communication on his/her/their work and professional career? How does communication factor into your job? How often do you have to use oral communication skills, such as for presentations, meetings, and the like? How often do you have to use written communication? What forms of written communication do you use regularly? How much of your job is based on written communication? What aspects of written communication are most important for your position? What more can you tell me about this? Earth and Environment: What are the Earth-environmental concerns for his/her company? How Earth-environmentally-friendly are you in your position? How Earth-environmentally-friendly is the company? In what way(s) are you and your company helping to protect and/or improve our Earth’s environment? Ask for specifics on their green-friendliness! What more can you tell me about this? Ethics: What are the ethical dilemmas that he/she might have encountered? What is the ethics policy for the company? How often do ethical situations come up in day-to-day tasks? What ethical issues have you dealt with for this or any engineering job you have held? How, and how much, is ethics a factor in what you do? What more can you tell me about this? NOTE: It is essential that you spend time on each of these question segments probing for answers. If the engineer needs to get back to you or gives you another person to contact so that you may learn more information that you did not already find from the company’s website prior to the interview, then make sure you do the follow-up work. Leaving these questions unanswered or incomplete will have a significantly negative effect on your grade for this assignment. Strongly Recommended Questions: You may want to formulate questions about your interviewee’s: 1. Background and position: education, previous position(s), current position, duration of position(s), career path, duties, responsibilities, a typical day. 2. Communication: The types of Technical Communication he/she/they use(s) in the workplace, ., meetings, reports, memos, emails, letters, presentations, et al. 3. Theory and practice: Any technical questions he/she can address about your major, academic path, and/or projected career. 4. Projections and expectations: Any advice on career path, role of internships, qualities of a good engineer, your own degree program, helpful classes/experiences as a student and/or intern, recommended professional organizations. Do not ask for a job or internship in the company. Suggestions: Choose an engineer who interests you. You can find engineers through any professional networking contacts (., career fairs, clubs, other professional engineers such as on LinkedIn.) The best interviews come from people you do not know–but would like to meet. To that end, it is best to be bold and approach people who are in positions that you would like to have in the future as these people will have the most helpful information for you as you move forward on your academic journey and in your future career. Submission: and a paper copy are required for a grade to be earned. You can submit your Word file to any time from Monday, March 17, 2014 7:30 throughTuesday, March 18, 2014 11:30 . Attach the grading rubric (page four of this assignment) to the back of your paper copy. Submit to using the following: 9:00 Class ENGR 100W (Sections 3/4) ID=7588057 Password=22901 1:30 Class 100W (Sections 5/6) ID=7088064 Password=20748 4:00Class 100W (Sections 7/8) ID=7588070 Password=20390 Late Homework Assignments Policy from Green Sheet: The grade will be reduced one letter grade if received after class time on October 21, 2013 through the beginning of class on October 28, 2013. After October 28, it will not be accepted. An emailed paper will not be accepted. Plagiarism will result in an F grade. Papers with plagiarism cannot be rewritten for credit. (See Syllabus). After selecting an engineer, immediately contact your person. Although Engineers are busy, they are willing to give you time if they have advance notice. Before the interview, become informed about the interviewee and her/his employer’s company. Also, advise your interviewee that you intend to record/transcribe the interview. This will allow them and you to decide on either how to handle any sensitive information or to work with another person for the purposes of this particular assignment. Be prepared with MANY questions; see the rubric for some more guidance regarding my expectations. As the interview continues, you may abandon your list to follow up on points as needed, but then come back to your list of questions. Ask open ended questions, ., “What are some characteristics of…?” or “Can you give me some examples of…?” Try not to ask simple “yes” or “no” questions that will not be informative. Be punctual and professional. Introduce yourself. As you conduct the interview, make notes or record the conversation. (Always ask advance permission to record!) At the end of the meeting, thank your interviewee and offer to send a copy of the transcribed interview. Transcribe the complete conversation during the interview as soon as possible while the conversation is fresh in your mind. Hint: If you record your Zoom meeting, there will be an audio transcript done automatically. Conversely, there are many apps and websites that can convert speech to text in order to minimize your transcribing work. Send a follow up “thank you” email or letter. If the interviewee has asked for a copy of the transcript, send both within two weeks. NOTE: Please review the Interview Rubric for assistance when you proofread, revise, and edit this assignment!
