Thursday, September 11, 2008
Research Interviews
At my high school, during my senior year we had to do a project called senior exhibition. For the project we had to present a 30 minute presentation and have 10 sources of information, 3 of them being interviews. This is my only experience with research interviews. My topic for the project was international adoption. I interviewed two people who were internationally adopted and one social worker who had found many homes for children who needed to be adopted. I thought all of my interviews went extremely well because I was well prepared for them. I asked a range of questions, both open and very specific, that I had written down before hand and practiced asking. Improvement was needed in my phrasing of the questions; on one or two questions the person I was interviewing was a little confused. I recommend that you come well prepared and calm to the interview. Also, that you present yourself in a professional, well-dressed manner. Good Luck!
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Hello Marisa Christine:
I found your suggestions for conducting research interviews to be helpful. I also have little experience doing these types of interviews and have been looking for suggestions on our classmates' blogs. When I have done interviews in the past, I did not dress as professional as I could have. Additionally, I did not put a lot of thought into my questions. I came prepared with questions to ask, but did not think them through, thus making some of them hard for the interviewee to answer. This, in turn, made it difficult for me to get the necessary information for my given project. I have always managed to get good grades on the written assignments, but I want to learn how to get better at this. Thanks!
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