In Capstone we have to do an interview. We do this so we can get as much information as possible about our topic. We have to find an expert on our topic. I like this aspect of the project because I feel like I got a lot of good information from my interviewee that I didn’t find in my research.

The process for me on finding a person to interview was kind of easy for me. I interviewed Scott Pasquini who is the managing director at Madison Dearborn Partners (that company owns Topps). One thing that I found easy was reaching out to him. He wrote back in a couple of days and we found a perfect time to meet. One thing that I found challenging was thinking of my questions. I wanted to make sure all of my questions would be answered with information that would be useful because if it wasn’t it would be a waste of a question a waste and a waste of his time.

My experience with conducting the interview was actually really good. One thing that I found very useful that i’m glad I asked for permission is to record the conversation. I found this useful because I missed a lot of stuff during the interview and the recording allowed me to go back and write down all of the things I missed. One other thing that was really good is that I got a lot of information from my interview.  I think that if I did not do a interview I wouldn’t have nearly enough information to do my final project. 

Overall I am very glad I did my interview and I am really excited to start working on my final project!