Mentor interview

1. What is your full name?
Josh Bonilla
2. Where are you from (city, state, country)?
River Dale, California, United States
3. Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
UC-Irvine, 4 years Bachelors degree
4.What was your major in college and what kind of degree did you earn? Did you attend graduate school for an advanced degree? If yes, what degree and where?
Psychology and criminalogy Bachelors degree. No graduate school
5. Why did you choose your professional field?
Was always interested in fashion and wanted to explore more about it.
6. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
Moved to NYC because this is the city full of fashion and found this job.
7. Why did you choose this particular job at this particular company?
See previous answear
8. How long have you worked here?
9 years since May 5, 2000
9. What is your job title?
Sales representative
10. What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
Pulling together designs for designers, maintaining contact with the designers, and seeking out for new costumers
11. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
Seeking out new costumers for the company.
12. What is the best part of your job?
Networking with different people and getting new connections.
13. What is something you would like to change about your job?
To progress my income. People are not buying clothing and so designers do not buy textiles.
14. Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/different?
No this is my first time to work full time.
15. What do you see as your future with this company?
Keep doing what im doing and keep it up.
16. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do? Why or why not?
Yes, because everyday its always something different. Also i like my partners who work with me.
17. Do you plan to open your own business one day?
Maybe someday anything can happen. The future is full of possabilities.
18. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?
Immensely. Helping out and spreading the work out and having more time to do more for myself.
19. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?
Be prepared to read a lot!
20. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) preparing to find a career in the real world?
Have a good interview skills practice it all the time. Get used to communicating with professionals.
21.Were you a good student in High School?
Yes very good! GPA 4.0
22. What did your HS do to help you to proceed in life?
Teachers were the role models for me who helped ,e to built confidence to my future.
Teachers are the BEST!