Community Interview Reflection

My Critique After looking back on my community interview, there were a couple of things I noticed. One thing was that I did a pretty good job using attending and SOLER skills. I kept eye contact for the majority of the interview, I kept my body open, and I refrained from creating barriers between myself and the interviewee. These are all things I have been working hard on, and am happy to see some improvements. Another thing was that I tried to use some reflective listening and summaries. At one point, after the interviewee talked about how they feel about panhandling I summarized back to him what he had just said, and used it as a method for transitioning the interview. However, I could use reflections and summaries even more next time. After watching the video of Carl Rogers …show more content…
However, she gave me a “2” on open-ended questions and “1’s” on affirmations and summaries. She commented that my use of SOLER was one of my biggest strengths and that it helped make the interviewee comfortable. She also commented that I came off as genuinely interested in what the interviewee was saying, which also helped him open up more. However, my peer-reviewer mentioned that sometimes put in my own personal thoughts and opinions in the interview, which she thought took the focus away from the interviewee. Another weakness she pointed out was the fact that I relied too much on my pre prepared questions. She thought the conversation would flow more naturally if I’d have just kept the questions in mind, rather than asking all of them. And lastly, she noticed that I would sometimes ask two questions at once, or ask an open-ended questions and follow it up with a closed-ended one. She thought this made things confusing for the interviewee at