Thursday, October 29, 2015

Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

Interview

Game from the water conservation fair


1. Please explain how your spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to this topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in this location? Etc...)

I am spending my mentorship time at the Montclair city hall. I am working in the stormwater section, and am shadowing and working with Joe Rosales and his coworker Wendy. I have shadowed them during routine inspections for restaurants and manufacturing buildings. I have also helped contribute to the water conservation fair, by helping creating a game and going to the fair and helping run the game. There are not a lot of people in storm water or water conservation, but there are other people in the different city halls that deal with it.

2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?

I found my mentor with the help of Mrs. Ortega. He mentored a senior last year who had a similar topic to mine, so with her help I was able to contact him and ask him about a mentorship.We met a couple days later at his work, where we talked somewhat about what we would be doing in the mentorship, and he agreed to mentor me.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship? How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person?

I am pretty comfortable with my mentor. He knows a lot about his work so i'm able to learn a lot about my topic. He has taught me a lot about the procedures that are required to make sure that contaminants are being kept from storm water.

4.What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?

I think I was able to learn a lot about my mentor and his career in this interview. The questions weren't too complex but I learned about his job and the college he went through to get his job. I think I need to improve asking more follow up questions, and possibly more open ended questions. I could do this by reviewing other interviews.




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