I conducted an information gathering interview to gain knowledge and experience to become a cutting edge hire for a job in my desired industry. I found a professional to interview and I set up the interview. I opened, processed, and closed the interview, while keeping my interviewing responsibilities in mind. I asked open and closed questions in my interview schedule to gain useful information. I interviewed Jennisa Visram. She is a buyer for coats, swim, active, and intimate apparel at Macy’s…
Through the many interviews that I have conducted, this interview was different in many aspects because I had the honor to interview one of my friends. Described by me as hilarious, outgoing, load, and a wonderful friend I discovered that despite the fact that I knew how to describe her there were some things I did not know about her. The friend I interviewed was Gbeminiyi (Gbemi) and throughout the interviewed she surprised me with some interesting things about her. I got to open the door of…
Every employer has a preferred style of interviewing in order to obtain information from the candidate that they need when making their hiring decision. There are numerous forms of interview questions that may be asked of a candidate including a structured interview including using several styles of questioning. In structured interviews, each participant is asked the same questions using the same wording and in the same orders as all the other candidates whereas, structured interviews are also…
Going into the interview sessions we were not sure what to expect when conducting our interviews. Asking personal questions to someone is never easy and if you are not used to communicating with elderly patients then it can be intimidating. Our group consisted of four members who each interviewed one elderly individual using the same questions we decided on in the beginning. The questions started with the basics such as age, gender, what medications they are currently taking, and then got…
Interview Questions Research interviews take place when there are two or more people. These people have a conversation and the conversation has a purpose. The purpose is based on the topic that the interviewer wants to discuss which is based on the purpose or the topic of the research. The interviewer has to establish trust with the respondent. The respondent has to agree to answer the questions and listen to what the interviewer is asking. Interviews are separated by types which include…
During your interview, what did you do well? In the interview, what I thought I did well was ask questions that pertained to the research topic. In addition, I was able to engage the interviewee. For instance, she was comfortable speaking about the sensitive topic. I communicated effectively with the interviewee. I think having pre-selected questions was helpful with helping the conversation flow naturally. I also applied motivational interviewing techniques during the interview. For…
Various factors distinguish the term interview from interrogation. Such as, an interview is a conversation between two or more people where the interviewer asks questions to obtain facts or statements from the interviewee. An interview is also conducted in a friendly atmosphere making a witness more comfortable psychologically and physically (Gupta 155). Recruiters, journalist, media reporters and researchers use interview, so, therefore, a discussion can be structured or unstructured. However,…
The interviews will take place first before any of the field work begins. By finishing the interviews first, the information gathered from the interviews will help to highlight how people live in fear. The interviews may give examples of certain actions to look for in others when the field work begins. The goal of the research is to interview around 20 people, 10 that currently live with children and 10 that no longer live with their children as they have grown up and moved out. After the…
King Corn is an eye-opening documentary that highlights the huge role that corn plays in American society. The film was produced in 2007 by college friends Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney, and Curtis Ellis, who together moved from their familiar urban city to an Iowa farm. The film follows Cheney and Ellis as they rent a one-acre plot of farmland and plant their own crop of field corn. The documentary serves to demonstrate the American food industry’s reliance on corn and how corn has come to be in…
Why would the film be different with a different narrator? Gas Land is a documentary film that made by Josh Fox. The issue was being discovered about the gas issue in Delaware River watershed should he and his neighbors sign the letter they go in the mail. The movie is not perfect, but most of the people like it. The movie narrator was the director of the film and the camera man and that too many people important to see the director to explore the issue to the audience. The movie started with…