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Networking & Informational-Interview Scripts

Warm + cold outreach with follow-ups

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Informational interviews that get you the meeting after.

The point of an informational interview is not the interview. It's the follow-up, and the introduction to the next person, and the sense that you're worth an hour of someone's time. These scripts optimize for that — not for asking every question in one sitting.

What’s inside

  • Six outreach scripts (warm, warm-adjacent, cold, LinkedIn, event, and reintroduction after silence)
  • A one-page structure for the actual conversation — questions that get a real answer, not a rehearsed one
  • Follow-up email templates for 24 hours, one week, and three months
  • Notes on when informational interviews are actually helping and when they've become a way to avoid applying

You may not need this if: You have a strong network already and are applying directly to specific roles.

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