The professor gave us homework to find friends who were taking afternoon class and interview them. Doing interview is strange to me. I haven’t seen much, done much and I don’t know what to do. So, our group gathered and thought about what needed to do before the interview. I have experienced indirectly by watching many videos on YouTube about how to interview people. Through the video, we learned the sequence of interviewing and proceeded accordingly.

          The First thing to do is select interviewee and explain to them why they invited. We were in a group of five people and decided to interview two friends who are taking afternoon classes. Two of our group members taking a physics class which is after the English class and they asked their classmate to interview. The interviewee name is Matt, and I forgot the other name. As that time, I made it clear what the purpose of the interview is. In this process, we have to understand the purpose of the interview and completely transmit the information. Sometimes when during the interview, people forget about why they are here and what is the subject of the interview. Then, sometimes the point of conversation becomes blurred by losing the purpose of interviewing. That is why we need to advise or confirm why they invited or what role is needed. Two friends were asked directly in physics class. The second thing was to check the production method. Interviewing can also be done in wide variety places. It usually takes place in a variety of spaces such as studios, on-site, or private offices, depending on the purpose. So we should be clear information about this. For example, if you decided to interview in a café, you need to know what that exactly is and what the variables are. Our interviewee said Mondays and Wednesday at six and seven would be possible. But we have not been decided the place yet. We decided to meet in a place where the interviewee feels comfortable. The third is to make a questions list. So that we could avoid the embarrassing situation in which the atmosphere languishes during the interview. The interview is characterized by the fact that the content and direction and are determined by the conversation between interviewee and interviewer. If we ask questions properly, we can quickly and accurately get the knowledge we want from our interviewee. Sometimes we get more than we expected. Therefore, the interviewer must express the thoughts and values of the subject properly. Why the professor gave us this homework? What do we want to achieve in this process? Also, because interviewing time was around 2 minutes, I had to shorten the questions and the keywords. So it is important to think about the questions to ask the interviewee. And we spend some time before the interview to lead conversation smoothly in a natural atmosphere. For the interview questions, how do you know our group members Sara? Why are you take afternoon classes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the afternoon classes? Are you going to take afternoon class in the next spring semester? What do you want to say to friends who take an afternoon class?

          I have not beet start interview yet but decided to meet again with my group at 6 pm and revise the interview question again. Editing, interviewing atmosphere and so on are all important. So I am expecting and learning something new through this process. As I prepared myself for an interview, I knew how many processes were needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzPPPhb5s6Y