Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Research Interviews
I haven't had much experience in research interviews besides the ones that I had to do my sophomore year of high school. We had to interview people who were working in the field that we were interested in at the time. I went to my dad's work and interviewed four of his co-workers. It was easy for me to interview them considering I had known them for many years so I wasn't really nervous and overall the interviews went well. The thing that i could have improved on was knowing the subject in which I was asking questions. I was interested in Marketing but because I didn't know much about it, I found asking questions to be difficult. The best advice that I can give it to research your topic. It makes the whole interviewing process easier and it makes you feel more comfortable when you know what you are actually talking about. Also, its best to pretend like you have met the interviewee before. I find that it makes me less nervous and it helps me open up and really be myself during the interviewing process.
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I know numerous people from different high schools who had to do the same thing either their sophomore year or senior year. Seems like you and I were both lucky to have parents able to set up interviews with their fellow co-workers and the fact that we knew them on a personal level. If we didn't have this kind of luck, we'd have difficulties contacting strangers and trying to have them cooperate with an interview if they were busy or not responsive. I like the advice you given about researching a topic. That is the most important thing to do before you start to get involved with the topic.
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