Blog 23: Junior Interview

1.  Who did you interview and what house are they in?

• Angel Arredondo and he is in East House

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

•  I honestly dont know what im going to do for my project. I want to do something in the medical field but i dont know where to get started.

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

• I dont know that answer too. I havnt really looked at my options. Maybe doctor shadowing of some sort.

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

• I hope to see a presentation that relates to my interests 

5. Any questions?

• Do you know of anyone doing a senior project in the medical field or any field of science? Yeah there is Ghina Thi doing her project on a clinical pharmacist or Zhailah Graza is doing something with Anesthesiologist.

Fourth Interview Questions

1) What is the best way to sustain a profitable skate shop?

2) How did you get in the position you are in?

3) Did you have a role model or something that inspired you to manage/own a skate shop and how did so said person do so?

4) What makes you different from other skate shops?

5) How important is location?

6) How do you choose your employees?

7) Are making connections important? If yes why?

8) Is understanding the skateboarding culture important to run a skate shop and why?

9) Do you attend or host any events?

10) Can you describe how your business plan works?

11) How do you attract customers?

12) Customers may say the price is overpriced what is your input on this?

13) What is the biggest demand in your shop?

14) Do your suppliers have a lot of control/power?

15) How much supply do you usually buy from your suppliers?

16) Is social media a good resource in make your shop better?

17) How does sponsoring skateboarders improve your shop?

18) What are the best marketing strategies for a skate shops?

19) How do you manage the money the shop is making?

20) How do you display your merchandise? 

21) From your experience what would you tell someone wanting to open a skate shop?

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way to sustain a profitable skate shop?

2. What is the best marketing method to gain profit?

3. Are employes key in running a good skate shop?

4. What do you think "a good skate shop" consist of?

5. How do you attract customers?

6. When hosting events what are the main goals?

7. If selling you own brand in your skate shop, how will this benefit your business?

8. How do you choose which brands to sell at your shop?

9. How do you get certain brands to sell at your shop?

10. How do you handle your money when having rough times?

Second Interview Questions

The questions I have come up with so far, regarding on my mentor and his expertise in the field are:

1) Did you ever imagine being in this field?
2) What made you decided to own your own skate shop?
3) How difficult was it at the beginning to build your shop?
4) Did you receive any help or did it solo?
5) How long have you been in the business?
6) Did you take any courses to be in this field, if so which ones?
7) How exactly do you get your merchandise for your shop?
8) What is the biggest problem you have encountered so far?
9) What is the best thing you enjoy in owning your shop?
10) How long did it take for your business to start up and successfully make profit?
11) Do you regret anything and if yes, why?