Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Research Interviews
I have had experience with conducting research interviews actually. My first semester at San Jose State, last fall to be exact, I was to conduct a research interview for a mentor project we had in my meaningful life class. It was the end of the year final assignment. We were to choose someone we knew, someone who wasn't related, and someone who made a big impact in our lives, someone we looked up too. He told all of us that we must conduct an interview and meet with our mentors to ask questions in order to present our findings to the class. It went well, knowing that I knew the person, she didn't give me a hard time when I was asking questions. The questionnaire went well because I had written a list of questions beforehand so I wasn't thinking of any on the top of my head. What I think needed improvement was that I ran out of questions to say. I also need to improve in that when I was talking and asking questions, I'd interrupt my interviewee. She didn't mind ofcourse, having her as a close friend. My advice is that people should be ready beforehand when conducting an interview because it's important to not interview someone and not be more or as ready as the person being interviewed.
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That is good that you prepared your questions beforehand. I think that it is important to have all your materials ready before the interview because it will make things go smoother. Interviewing someone you know does go a lot smoother than interviewing someone you don’t know. I think it is because you feel more relaxed around them and aren’t as stressed out. I know that I was a lot more relaxed when I had to interview my family members because I am used to them and I don’t have to worry as much. I agree that you need to be ready beforehand; it makes you look professional and not a slacker when interviewing someone.
ReplyDeleteHi Herokittycakes! Do you think you will conduct any research interviews for the speeches in this class? Why or why not? If so, who will you interview? And, what speech will it pertain to?
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