informational-interview-prep
Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time. Use when asked to prep for an informational interview, questions to ask someone in [field], how to reach out for a career chat, or coffee chat prep. Produces a low-friction outreach message, a focused question set tuned to your goal (exploring a field, breaking in, a specific company), how to run the conversation, what NOT to do (don't ask for a job), and a follow-up that keeps the relationship warm.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Informational-Interview Prep An informational interview is one of the best career tools — a short, low-pressure conversation to learn about a field, role, or company from someone doing it. But done wrong (vague questions, or angling for a job) it wastes their time and yours. This preps the whole thing: the ask, the right questions for your goal, how to run it, and a follow-up that turns a chat into a relationship. ## What This Skill Produces - **The outreach ask** — a short, specific, low-friction request for a brief chat (not a job) - **A focused question set** — tuned to your goal (exploring a field, breaking in, learning about a company/role), from their path to practical advice - **Conversation flow** — how to open, keep it their-story-centered, and use the time well - **What not to do** — the mistakes (asking for a job, dominating, being unprepared) that sour these - **A follow-up** — a thank-you and a way to keep the connection warm, including any offered next step - **Prep notes** — what to research about them beforehand ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **Your goal** — exploring a field, trying to break in, targeting a company/role, or broad learning - *
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Learn, Don't Pitch
- Output Format
- Informational interview: goal [x] · [person/role] · [format/length]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the informational-interview-prep skill do?
Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time. Use when asked to prep for an informational interview, questions to ask someone in [field], how to reach out for a career chat, or coffee chat prep. Produces a low-friction outreach message, a focused question set tuned to your goal (exploring a field, breaking in, a specific company), how to run the conversation, what NOT to do (don't ask for a job), and a follow-up that keeps the relationship warm.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill informational-interview-prep --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,277 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.