For more practical advice on how to set up an informational interview, I highly recommend the last chapter of
Roadtrip Nation: A Guide to Discovering Your Path in Life called «Do it Yourself: How to Set Up Your Own Roadtrip Experience.»
But by exploring
Roadtrip Nation's Interview Archive — a video collection of over 400 interviews with people from all walks of life discussing how they built fulfilling careers — students realize that not every person had it easy or figured it out right away.
The next semester, I taught
the Roadtrip Nation Experience, a blended project - based learning curriculum.