Sunday, February 12, 2012
Week 3 Question 1
The only real experience that I had conducting an interview would have been for my nutrition class. The goal of the assignment was to kind of get an idea of what differences there are between peoples eating habits today and compared to 60+ years ago. The person that I interviewed was my coworker, who was a good candidate since she had lived in Kentucky as a child a long time ago. The interview went very well, I had several questions to ask her relating to the assignment, and she was very cooperative and answered the questions well. I interviewed her at her desk just before she left on her lunch break, and since I consider her a friend I wasn't nervous interviewing her. I think the only thing that I would have done differently would have been to record the interview, since I had to write down what she said before going on to the next question.
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It sounds like you did a really great job with this interview! It was a good idea to ease into the idea of interviewing with somebody you know, that would have really eased my nerves. It also sounds like you had your questions planned out, which is a really great idea. That is definitely something I wish I had done for my first interview. I had expected it to be more of a conversation than something I was really directing myself, but it didn't take long for me to realize that I was terribly unprepared. Pre-writing questions will be something I do in the future without a doubt. I also like your idea of recording the interview! That would take the stress off trying to write down what they answered, and you could really just focus on asking good questions.
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