There was a lot of things that we did to prepare me for the interview. One of the things would be actually practicing with someone and it was actually really help full because it was a way for me to kind of get new questions and think of what to do if I get stuck on the interview. Another thing that we did was watch the teacher do the interview with another person, and that also helped me a lot because I could see what was their body language and kind of get and idea on how to get your interviewee feel comfortable. Something that really surprised me was the steps we needed to do, to actually do a good interview. I thought that the only thing you needed to do was write about what you wanted to talk about and that's it, but its actually more than that. You actually have to think about the questions that you are going to ask the interviewee & you have to come up with questions that will lead up to what you want to talk about. You also have to do a little research on what you guys are going to be talking about, like you have to relate what you want to talk about to a historical event and research a little bit about it. Something that I used on my interview, that I learned in the past weeks is the body language, because I tried to make the person I was interviewing feel comfortable. Even though its someone I knew, I still wanted them to feel comfortable. The next time I turn research into a piece of writing, I will remember to always check my work twice because thats something that I always forget to do and its super important to do. Even if you think you didn't do anything wrong, you still have to check it again just to make sure, and it doesn't hurt checking it again.
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Look over the attached document, "Week 8 - what we did and why we did it." What, from what we did this week, do you think will be most helpful for you when you're conducting your interview?
I think watching other people do their interview was the most helpful thing that we did, because it gave me ideas on how to do the interview and what kind of follow up questions to ask. Even though you can't know what follow up questions to ask before you do the interview, you can kind of learn how they asked them and on what. How will you apply what you're learning about interviewing to other aspects of your life, now or in the future? There are going to be a time when people are going to interview me or I am going to be interviewing, so I think everyone should defiantly know how to handle an interview. How care you going to take your work on this project to a higher level than the work you've done in the past? I'm going to be putting more time into the work, so I can later be proud of it. I am going to be organized which is something that I always like to do. What do you remember best from the interviews you heard/read this week? Why do you think that is?
Something that I remember is that you have to pay attention to the way that you are sitting because that tells a lot about how much you are interesting in the interview. I remember this because that was something that I though was really interesting, because you don't want the person who you are interviewing feel like you don't care about what they are saying because that's not a good feeling. What was the most interesting interview you witnessed in class? Were you a participant or an observer? What made it so interesting? An interview that I though was one of the most interesting ones, is the one that Victor & Daniel did, because I remember that Victor was the one asking questions and he tried to ask questions that required more that a one word answer. Another good thing was the way they were sitting, it looked like he was paying attention and really into the interview. Who do you want to interview? Why? What do you want to hear stories about? I would really like to interview someone who works at a fast food restaurant, because it is really fun to get to know someone, and I just think it would be a really interesting and fun interview. I want to hear stories about his/her family, and what stuff they are struggling with and what they do to get through the problems. |
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