How To Interview
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The document provides guidance on analyzing interviews and preparing for conducting an interview. It instructs students to read sample interviews in groups and discuss the context, purposes of the publisher and interviewer, and style of questions. Students then reflect on the story they want to tell in an interview and consider the environment and types of questions. They develop draft questions and get feedback. Finally, the class discusses what they've learned about analyzing interviews and any remaining questions.
How To Interview
- 1. How to Interview Making Your Place TESC at GHC October 2009
- 2. Part I: What can we learn from observation and analysis of others’ interviews? Work in your interview groups; groups of two double up and form a group of four. Share the printed interviews you brought to class: pass around and read silently all the interviews in your group.
- 3. After you’ve read all the interviews, discuss as a group: In what context is each interview occurring? How/where was the interview published? What are the publisher’s purposes? What are the interviewer’s purposes and goals? How well are they accomplished? What are the interview subject’s goals? How well are they accomplished? How do the needs of the publisher, interviewer, and subject affect the style and substance of the interview? In each interview, what seems prepared and what seems spontaneous? How can you tell? How do the spontaneous parts arise? How do the interviewer and subject respond to the spontaneous parts?
- 4. What can we learn from looking at the questions? What are the similarities among the questions in different interviews? How are the questions different in different interviews? How would you describe each interviewer’s style? How would you categorize the questions? What kinds of questions get what kinds of answers? Report out : One person from your group should briefly summarize your discussion and conclusions to the full class.
- 5. Part II: How do you want to be interviewed? Write for a few minutes to yourself: What story do you want to tell? What context does the listener need in order to understand your story? What are the most important points you want communicate? What would make it hard for you to tell your story? What would make it easier?
- 6. Share your answers with your small group. What do your answers have in common? What are the differences? Report out: One person from your group should briefly summarize your discussion and conclusions to the full class.
- 7. Part III: Developing your plan as an interviewer: Write for a few minutes to yourself: What background information do you need in order to conduct your interview? How will you acquire that knowledge? What should you do to put your subject at ease and establish trust? Where should the interview be conducted? What is important about the place? The time? The environment? How should the furniture be placed? What other people or things should be present or absent? What questions do you want to be sure to ask? How should they be phrased? What follow-up questions should you ask? How should you ask them? How can you guide the conversation if it goes in a direction you don’t want?
- 8. If you haven’t yet drafted some questions for your interview, write some now. If you’ve already written some of your interview questions, review and edit them. Give your written questions to someone outside your group and let them suggest editorial changes. Report out: briefly summarize your discussion and conclusions to the full class.
- 9. Part IV: Full class discussion, summary, and conclusion. How have we made new knowledge together today? What questions do we still have about the interview process?