Week 10

Task 17: 

Professional Interview:
Discuss in 350 words the experience of your interview. 
⁃ who did you interview?⁃ what did you learn about a career in nutrition /dietetics?
did this experience inspire you – why? Why not?
⁃ what about the process of interviewing? What did you learn? What would you differently next time?

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A: We interviewed Kaisa Lindenborg. She lives in Finland, she graduated from the University of Turku and has a Master of Science and PhD in food chemistry, and Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. We learned that career pathway is very diverse for nutrition and dietetics students; there are many jobs available that require the knowledge of nutrition, for example, lecturer, researcher, food industry, private practice, community health and many others. The career in nutrition can be very interesting, because we get to deal with all kinds of different people and personality, and it’s a good experience and a challenge to be able to work with so many different personalities. She also taught us, that knowledge in science is very important, it may not seem so important in the first place, but it actually is the foundation and basis of many aspects of nutrition. To be successful in the field of nutrition, you must be interesting and passionate about food, nutrition, and human physiology and biochemistry.

We learned many valuable interviewing skills such as being able to pronounce the interviewees’ name, being polite and never interrupt them while they are speaking, never asking personal details and information, go over time and much other interviewing etiquette. If we get a chance, we’d like to conduct an interview in person, so we can have some more interaction, and get to know the interviewee better; also if we did it in person, we’d be able to ask more questions. 

This interview is very inspirational and useful. As we got to learn about different aspects of nutrition and dietetics, and how there are many different career pathways. We also got a brief understanding of their daily lives. After this interview I’m even more determined to pursue a career in nutrition and dietetics, this is my passion and I will follow it no matter what. 

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