Prepare for an informational interview — the outreach, the questions, and the follow-up — so a 20-minute chat actually helps your career instead of wasting their time. Use when asked to prep for an informational interview, questions to ask someone in [field], how to reach out for a career chat, or coffee chat prep. Produces a low-friction outreach message, a focused question set tuned to your goal (exploring a field, breaking in, a specific company), how to run the conversation, what NOT to do (don't ask for a job), and a follow-up that keeps the relationship warm.
“Help me prep for an informational interview with someone in product management.”“What should I ask someone whose career I want to learn about?”“How do I reach out for a coffee chat without it being weird?”“I have a call with someone at a company I'm interested in — what do I ask?”“Questions for an informational interview to help me break into a field.”
What to give it
▸Your goal — exploring a field, trying to break in, targeting a company/role, or broad learning
▸The person — who they are, their role, and your connection (if any)
▸Your background — enough to tailor relevant questions
▸The format — call, coffee, video, and how long
▸Where you are — early exploration vs. active job search (changes tone)
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Outreach asks for a short chat to learn, not a job
✓Questions are tuned to the goal and not Google-able
✓Guidance centers the other person's story
✓Explicitly warns against turning it into a job pitch
✓Includes a specific, relationship-building follow-up
✓Notes what to research beforehand
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Opening with a job ask** or angling for one.
**Generic questions** answerable by a quick search.
**Dominating** or making it about you.
**Showing up unprepared** about the person.
**No follow-up** — wasting the connection.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp