Informational Interview Research Paper

My mother recently told me before moving to college, “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” This assignment of having to do an informational interview was so interesting and informative about the career I want to have someday. I don’t actually know of anyone that has the career that I want to do, so I reached out to my hometown veterinarian and asked her who she uses as her pharmaceutical sales representative. She referred me to the company of who she uses and gave me the number of someone to call that would be happy to do an interview with me. Her name is Cassandra Buland, and she is the territory sales manager of Virbac. All of the questions I asked her, she didn’t hesitate about any of the answers or even have to think about what she was going to say. She seemed like she truly enjoyed her career and what she does.

She said that most companies require that you have a bachelors degree, but some will let you get away with an associates degree, paired with experience. She said that it varies whether the company wants you to have sales experience or not. Some will hire straight out of college, and others want you to have experience before hiring. That being said, it really influences me to start looking for some type of experience dealing with sales while I’m in college. I have always had a passion for animals, but I just recently chose this major last summer. I hope to gain more experience over the semester and become more involved. She actually obtained her job several different ways. She has been a teacher, an office manager, and worked in a veterinary