Informational interviews are one of the most important ways we learn about careers and jobs, build connections, and present ourselves as potentially wonderful hires. Info interviews might seem lower-stakes and less formal than actual job interviews, but the Career Stewardship podcast is here to challenge you to take them seriously! In this episode, Michael is rejoined by New York coach Sarah Stamboulie, for her take on hard-core prep for informational interviews. The more you put into something, the more you are going to get out of it, and Sarah shows us how to put in way more than you might have planned – consider it the difference between throwing together a tuna casserole versus cooking a five-course gourmet dinner. Also, Michael reveals that when you are meeting a super successful person who used to be your chill study partner in b-school, you still need to screw your head on straight before the meeting.
