1. Are you male/female
  2. What is your background - describe yourself:
    • Engineer [computer, electrical, telecom, other]
    • Scientist [describe field]
    • other [describe field]
  3. If you have a science or Engineering background, what got you interested in persuing such a career?
  4. Do you think that there are any gender specific barriers in entering a career in science and technology?
    • at university level
    • starting and continuing your career
  5. Describe your experience studying Science or Engineering at an Iranian university.
  6. Did you feel that your parents or society encouraged you to enter any particular field of study? Did they discourage you from entering any fields of study?
  7. If you could get into any degree you wanted at university, what would you choose?
  8. Did you enter the workforce doing what your degree trained you to do? If not, why not?
  9. What was your experience in the workforce like?
  10. If your daughter wanted to study science or engineering, would you encourage her?
  11. If your son wanted to study science or engineering, would you encourage him? Would the child's gender make any difference in this decision?
  12. Have you ever lived/studied/worked outside of Iran? If so where? Can you describe how your experiences abroad differed with those in Iran, with respect to your career and/or field of study.