What Happens When Students Interview Professionals (Not Just Watch Them on a Screen)

Our interns conduct the interviews that become Advize content. Here's what they gained in the process.

Marco Garcia Gonzalez, University of San Diego student, is a first-gen Latino student who used to feel out of place at networking events.

Tanya Yeung, California State University at Monterey Bay student, is a Marine Science major who needed clarity on how to prepare for the workforce.

Now? Marco has interviewed everyone from entry-level professionals to C-suite executives. Tanya has secured a lab opportunity and explored job openings—through connections she made while interviewing professionals for Advize.

Here's what happened when we put students on the other side of the conversation.

The Internship: Creating What Students Need While Building the Skills Yourself

Our interns don't just watch career videos. They create them.

They reach out to professionals. Conduct live interviews using the Advize 13 framework. Ask follow-up questions. Build relationships.

And in the process? They develop exactly what students need most: confidence, communication skills, and access to professional spaces.

Marco put it this way:

"I wasn't used to talking to professionals and often felt out of place at networking events. But throughout my time at Advize, I've interviewed people in entry-level roles all the way up to C-Suite individuals. It has allowed me to cultivate meaningful relationships and work on those interpersonal skills."

Tanya gained something else—clarity:

"Through interviewing and speaking with professionals from various fields, I have been able to learn from their experiences and advice. Taking their perspectives into consideration has helped me develop a clearer and more structured plan for what I should be focusing on."

The Outcomes: Internship Offers, Referrals, and Belonging

Here's what our interns gained from conducting these interviews:

✅ Internship offers and referrals (Marco: "I like to do follow-up non-Advize questions throughout the interview, which helps create a connection. This has led to internship offers, referrals for internships.")

✅ Lab opportunities and job exploration (Tanya: "I was able to secure a lab opportunity with my professor and explore potential job opportunity with an Advizer.")

✅ Confidence in professional spaces (Marco: "Most importantly, [it] given me the sense that I belong in these corporate spaces.")

✅ Professional communication skills (Tanya: "The weekly meetings with other interns and the founder has helped improve my ability to present myself professionally and build confidence when interacting with people in the field.")

This isn't just resume-building. This is students gaining access to spaces they didn't think were for them.

The Meta-Story: They're Creating What Students Like Them Need

Here's what makes this powerful:

Marco and Tanya are first-gen and underrepresented students who didn't have professional networks. By interviewing professionals, they built the exact resource they wish they'd had—and now thousands of other students benefit from the content they created.

Students watching Advize videos are hearing from professionals Marco and Tanya interviewed. They're seeing people who share their background. They're getting the clarity, confidence, and access our interns gained firsthand.

This is what happens when you close the gap between students and professionals.

Not through one-off panels. Not through sanitized job descriptions.

Through real conversations. Real relationships. Real access.

What This Means

For students: When you engage with professionals directly—whether through Advize videos or conducting interviews yourself—you don't just learn about careers. You build the confidence to pursue them.

For universities and employers: Student development doesn't require massive budgets. It requires authentic access to professionals and structured frameworks that turn exposure into skills.

Our interns prove it. And the 12,000+ videos they've helped create are scaling that access to students everywhere.

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Written By: Emily McSherry, CEO Advize

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