☛ Does your work relate to any experiences or studies you had in college?

☛ How well did your college experience prepare you for this job?

☛ What courses proved to be the most valuable for your work?

☛ What courses do you wish you had taken that might have prepared you for the career?

☛ What do you feel is the best educational preparation for this career?

☛ How did you prepare for this work?

☛ If you were entering this career today, would you change your preparation in any way to facilitate entry?

☛ In what way did this type of work interest you and how did you get started?

☛ What was your major in college?

☛ How did you get your job?

☛ Did you enter this position through a formal training program?

☛ What jobs and experiences have led you to your present position?

☛ What kinds of things did you do before you entered this occupation?

☛ Which aspects of your background have been most helpful?

☛ What other jobs can you get with the same background?

☛ What were the keys to your career advancement?

☛ How did you get to where you are and what are your long-range goals?

☛ If your job progresses as you like, what would be the next step in your career?

☛ Where do you see yourself in five years?

☛ If your work was suddenly eliminated, what kinds of work do you feel prepared to do?

☛ How does a person progress in your field?

☛ What is the highest-level job one can hold in this career?

☛ What is a typical career path in this field or organization?

☛ What are the advancement opportunities?

☛ How rapidly do people move to the next level in this career?

☛ What incentives are there for staying in the same job?

☛ Would someone in this field need to relocate to advance in his/her career?

☛ If I performed well at this company, where could I expect to be in five years?