Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

• When I go to my mentorship I help out at the gym, I make sure that the seniors who enter the gym are allowed to use the equipment. I do believe this task is somewhat meaningful to my topic because I get to interact with the seniors, however I do want to do more activities with them, I just have to work my way up there. 

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  

• I found my mentor by looking online, I was looking for senior centers around my area. Laurie was the person I talked to and she introduced me to the center and has helped me get used to things. It didn't take much convincing all I did was ask her and she said she'll do it, I got lucky. 

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

• I think my mentor and I have a good relationship, we are growing the more time we spend with each other, the more time I help out in the center. She is very kind to me, she's always open when I need her, even with my schedule. 

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

• What went well was that I got to learn more about my mentor, I learned more of the kind of person she is. I learned that she genuinely cares about the seniors at the center and thats something I find important to have as my mentor. I need to improve on my questions and how fast I come up with follow-up questions, I start to get nervous at the end of every answer because I'm trying to figure out want to say next. I need to work on this in order to make my interview run more smoothly. A way I think I can solve this is by making the questions and under those questions have possible follow-up so I have an idea of what to ask next.

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