I think interviewing in a marketing job in a business environment will be useful for me. The book only has interviews with people who write books and are actual published writers. While the information they provided was useful, it did not tell me about writitng on a day to day basis in a marketing career.
To get candidates, I think I will talk to my marketing teachers and ask them to refer people with marketing careers. I do not really have anyone in particular in mind at this point in time. But I do know what questions I will ask and what I want to learn. I want to know how much writing is really involved in their jobs? Is it just mainly e-mails and that type of communication? If so, how much time and effort do they put into e-mails? How else do they communicate? What are their opinions about the shape of business writing and the importance good writing has in their career?
I am assuming I’ll conduct the interview by e-mail, and perhaps do it in 2 parts: In one I’ll ask about their job overall and what a typical day consists of. Then I’ll compile a bunch of questions for them to answer. If necessary, I’ll send out a third e-mail if I need to ask any follow up questions or questions I need more elaboration on.
