Amandine: Hello Alice, I will interview you about you academic back ground
First, Why have you chosen to study psychology ?
Alice: I always have been interesting by humans behaviors. How person live, how she feel her life, why she became what she is today. So, in the beginning of my studies… I was interest more by humans behaviors in the context of criminoloy and victimology. I wanted work in PJJ, judicial protection of youth.
Amandine: Well, what is the topic of your master’s thesis ?
Alice: I work about the social representation of political failure at women and men. It’s difficult topic because… scientific literature is very limited. This topic has been little investigated by researchers as much in psychology, sociology, anthropology or… political science.
Amandine: Your studies correspond to your expectations ?
Alice: Overall … yes! It’s true maybe I would have liked more concrete things. For exemple, sometimes we are taught things very abstracts and theoretical and it’s difficult to know how to use it this in a concrete way. But overall it’s okey, hum.. that’s what I expected when I came to psychology. I do not regrets. [laugh]
Amandine: Where did you complete your internship last year ?
Alice: I did two internships. The first was in one recruitment service in agribusiness. I was in charge of recruitment of seasonal workers. In my second internship I was in service of quality of life at work in Conseil Départemental forty-four. [Laugh] My mission was elaborate one benchmark internally and externally about the place of… I / O psychologist in Human Resources Department.
Amandine: Well, what did you like the most in the first experience ?
Alice: I preferred… my second internship because it was more than psychology, … for example, I assisted to problems management and how to solve then. I could listen people speak about their problems in workplace and it’s really one on the things what I want to do later.
Amandine: Finely, where would you like to work after master ?
Alice: In fisrt I wanted do… an other …master specialize in doable competencies. Specifically, I could develop… knowledge in management. Indeed, I want work in humans resources but don’t know again in what domain, maybe in skill assessment and in maybe professional mobility, conflict management… I don’t kown… [Laugh]
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Alice: Ok now, I will ask you my questions about your academic background.
What is your academic background?
Amandine: I did a Baccalaureate ST2S, then I have chosen psychology studies and now I am in master’s degree of IO psychology in the university of Nantes.
Alice: What is your(s) professional(s) project(s) for future year?
Amandine: I would like to work in an office of recruitment to conduct interviews, to evaluate people with different tests, (mmm…) or to help employers with problems of recruitment for exemple.
Alice: Why did you choose this master rather than other?
Amandine: Mmm… I did an internship in recruitment in Bachelor’s degree and I realized that this is this field that interests me because I Like the relationship with human.
In addition, I have chosen this master because I am interested with human behavior in organisation and in the work place.
Alice: By what did you been surprise in internship in M1?
Amandine: Mmm… I was surprised by the reality of the field. I realized that it’s difficult for a recruiter to find candidates because there are not many applications.
Alice: What is the topic of your research paper?
Amandine: The topic of my research is the link between discrimination and employability.
The goal is …. to show that discrimination has a role on employability.
Alice: If you could go back in Bachelor’s degree, what advice would you give you?
Amandine: Mmm… my advises will be, to be diligent, to be motivated, to develop soft skills and (mmm…) do not abandon to the first difficulties.
Alice: Ok… Thank you!
Amandine: Thank you!