Blog 23: 2014 Interview

 Your goal:  Be positive and helpful

Content:

1.  Who did you interview and what house are they in?

Junior Rico from South House.

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

Junior plans to do his senior project on auto mechanics (more specifically how an engine block works) because he is interested in anything with moving parts.

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

Junior already has a mentor in whom he will do his ten hours with during the summer. He will be learning from his mentor about engines and expanding his knowledge on his senior topic.

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

Junior hopes to see anything with moving parts and that has to do with mechanics during the senior presentation.

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

I told him he should talk to Pitman about engines because she is familiar with how they work and to get ideas from her for his science fair project.

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1) What is most important for a woodworker to consider in creating an aesthetic piece of furniture?
2) What are the top 7 things you take into consideration when DESIGNING furniture?
3) What is "eye catching" in a piece of furniture to you?
4) How important is Finishing?
5) What is your favorite wood cut to use?
6) What are the top 5 problems you encounter when making furniture?
7) What is your favorite wood to use and why?
8) In your opinion what is the best way to come up with an original design?
9) What is your favorite way to apply a finishing?
10) Do you think the grain (pattern) of the wood is important in building furniture? 
11) What is the hardest thing about woodworking from your experience?
12) How important is Joinery to you when it comes to aesthetics?
13) How important is the actual function of the furniture to you?
14) What are the top 7 things you take into consideration when BUILDING the furniture you designed?
15) What is your favorite joinery to use?
16) In your opinion, what are 3 things about woodworking that no one ever thinks about or realizes?
17) Is it harder to create an aesthetic looking piece of furniture for yourself or for a client?
18) In you opinion, how important are the colors of the wood used in designing the furniture?
19) What are you own thoughts about the grain pattern of a piece of furniture?
20) Do you prefer to work with hardwoods or soft woods & when?

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

Questions:
1) What is most important for a woodworker to consider in creating an aesthetic piece of furniture? (EQ)
2) Which is most important to you; finishing, function of furniture, wood choice, angles, color, or design?
3) What is your favorite part about woodworking?
4) What are the top five problems you encounter when creating furniture?
5) What (in your opinion) is the best way to come up with your own original idea?
6) What are the top things you consider when creating a piece of furniture? (maximum 10)
7) What IS (in you opinion) thee most important thing to consider when creating a piece of furniture?
8) What is your favorite finishing to use?
9) What is the difference between hard woods and soft woods, and how should they be used?
10) In your own words, what is "the grain of the wood" and what is so important about it?

Blog 6: Second Interview Questions

1. How long have you been a part of this company and/or field?

2. What are the best possible ways to prepare for this kind of job?

3. What kinds of college classes did you take?

4. What do you enjoy most about your job?

5. What are some problems that you encounter?

6. How do you view the wood itself?

7. What goes through your mind while working with wood?

8. Do you find your job enjoyable because of schooling, or does it come like second nature because of experience?

9. Have you learned more by schooling, or experience?

10.  What physical/ mental challenges do you face?

Blog 3: Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

I plan to interview my father because he has taken many woodworking classes and he is a "young" wood worker so it would allow me to spark up very interesting questions. Plus my father studied under many wood workers and knows a lot about wood working. He does not do this as a profession but he has much experience doing this. It would also give me a better understanding of what other kinds of questions to ask for my other interviews.

2. You have five questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask?

• What is you perspective of wood working?
• How do you achieve such great, unique pieces that stand out to the human eye?
• How do you spark your mind to be so creative?
• Where does your original idea come from?
• What is your motivation to attempt to come up with something original?