What experience do you have with conducting research interviews? What went well? What needed improvement? Share your advice with your class members.
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As far as interviewing people goes I don't have a very good background at all! Just like being a bit shy when it comes to public speaking, I am shy about talking with people that I don't know very well, so doing interviews as a form of research never really appealed to me.
I think the extent of my interviewing career comes from sorority recruitment, where you have a little bit of time to get to know a girl, to see why she is interested in being in a sorority. One thing that I found helpful for that was having set questions in your mind already to ask, making sure that they are questions that are the most important to get the answers to. Having planned out questions sounds like a no-brainer for doing interviews, but you have to be persistent and make sure you get the information you want, while still realizing that fitting all your questions in isn't always realistic. Conversations are hard to control, but that's okay, in almost all cases if you know your questions well enough then it isn't hard to fit them in with any subject that can come up. The trick is to be very well prepared, but keep in mind that convorsations are natural processes that can't be forced, you just have to be a good active listener! :)
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Good Morning Theta,
I think you hit the nail on the head when you said conversations are a natural process. I too have done interviews for my job when trying to find the best candidate to fill a vacant spot. To me it is not that hard because the questions are already written out on an interview form that was composed by our HR department. So really, no though process has to go into me asking the questions. The most important part of the interview is active listening, which is another good point you stated. If you are not paying close attention to how the answers are being given and what the interviewee is saying, you might just find yourself making a bad choice.
Have a good day!
Theta,
Research interviews are far from my favorite type or research for topics. I too prefer books or internet because you dont need to warm up to them like you do a stranger. Obviously, I am not a bit fan of interviews, whether it be for a job or research.
Being part of a greek organization like yourself, I too have had the most experience with interviews during recruitment. Having a set of questions has helped me during my early time in the organization, but as time has gone by, I feel that I dont need questions lined up because I am experienced in up front ability in getting to know someone.
When I first started in the organization, I had lots of primary questions, but my follow up with secondary questions hindered my ability to keep the conversations natural and flowing.
I have found out that being a great listener when recruiting can make your life easier because people like to talk about themselves!
p.s. good luck wit recruitment!
-NickW
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