I Met With Mr. Regime

There are different steps that can be used to conduct a good interview. I can relate to this because this is where I took advice from in order to develop my interviewing skill in such a short space of time. They

It has also come to mind, should I interview someone I do not know very well rather than a close friend. I begin to question if I or my friend will be comfortable with the questions. Therefore, I am almost certain that I will interview someone that I do not know very well. I believe this will give me a realistic picture of what to expect.

As the end of the week approaching, I was getting nervous with conducting my one on one interview with Officer Alexander. Mr. Alexander is a cousin to one of my good friends, but I never met him before. The interview was scheduled Saturday February 18, 2017 to sit at Café Café on Clearview for breakfast. Mr. Alexander was not able to make it to Café Café, so he asked if I may meet him at home with his family. My friend offer to take me to her cousin’s house because I was not sure if that was a good idea. Upon arrival to Officer Alexander’s house he was outside washing his truck, and smoking a cigar. Which, I may add was not a pleasing smell to my nose for about fifteen minutes. After being introduced he asked his

Before we begin, I would like to take the time out to express how happy I am about the person I interviewed. Coming into the interview, my tour guide expressed to me "that he is a pervert, and he can be a little mean/rude." After her telling me that, I immediately became a little nervous. Why? Because I came into this situation with the perception of trying to avoid someone of this nature. Turns out that my tour guide didn't do such a good job of explaining this guy. Him and I connected extremely well! And I was overwhelmed with joy, and so happy that we did. So, let's begin!

He shook my hand with confidence and seemed at ease throughout the interview. He was able to answer all of my questions and never seemed “over the top” in his answers.

The name of the individual I met with was Brandon Habig, a student in another section of WU 101 who was an acquaintance from high school. While we did go to the same high school, our differences include the fact that he was a relatively hard worker, receiving a 4.0 grade point average at the end of high school whereas I put minimal effort into high school only receiving a 3.2 by the end. Additionally, we grew up in very different households with his parents forcing him to get a job where mine were largely unbothered by my lack of employment. There was a reason that I chose to interview him over the countless other acquaintances I have made over my short time in college, I wanted to have a serious discussion. I felt that it was necessary to meet with someone I was relatively familiar with so that I could ask serious questions without coming off as jaded or

I had the opportunity to be interviewed by a director of nursing at a skilled nursing facility. Her name was Jenny Anderson. It is her job to interview new nurses and certified nursing assistants at her place of employment. I had her ask me the same questions she would ask if it was a real interview, and we had a video camera set up on a table next to us. Ms. Anderson greeted me with a firm handshake and asked me to sit down across the table from her.

My interviewing skills within this scenario was ok. After reviewing the DVD, I noticed that I did not introduce myself to Erica, and went right into questioning. At the beginning, I offered Erica if she needed anything, but she said she was fine. This was a good technique to ensure that she was fine. I moved Erica to the kitchen and asked her to sit down. This allowed her to settle down. Once she was seated I began asking her questions such as how long she had lived in her apartment and how she found out about Jeff’s cleaning company. Around the middle of the interview, I asked Erica where she worked, and began building rapport with Erica through this technique as well as, distracting her from Jeff. This technique was useful, and during the debrief Erica commented on how well that worked for a short amount of time. However, I was so focused on not seeming biased, that I came across not empathetic. This hurt rapport, which I built with Erica. Approximately, three fourths of the way into the scenario, I talked with Evan, and we ended up switching individuals. This hurt my interviewing/ investigating skills since I had to restart with Jeff. When I was with Jeff, I did not know where to start, and I had introduced a topic, which escalated the situation. Unfortunately, our time expired before we came up with a solution.

He had questions and facts written out in front of him so you made sure he had the correct word for word information when he was questioning her. He asked her straight forward questions that she couldn’t switch the subject. He uses his hands to talk as well too. I don’t think he asked her any questions that she could possibly deflect. He did his best to make eye contact with Nancy. Didn’t interrupt her when she was speaking. He thanked her at the end and even shake her hand. One more thing that I noticed to that I don’t know if it is that important but he wore his glasses during his interview. I feel like even though he probably needs them it seemed to be more professional

When I initially found out that I was interviewing Josh for my one-to-one I wasn’t too stoked on the idea. I was a bit worried that our session together might not be as personal as I would like and that he would find it hard to open up because of our differences. I originally asked him to meet me at the Minnesota International Student Association (MISA) lounge on the second floor of Coffman Union. MISA is a space specifically catered to International students and multi-cultural students so I assumed it would be different from what Josh might be accustomed to. When Josh arrived at the MISA lounge the room was occupied by a student group event, so I took him to the room right next door, the Asian Student Union lounge. By the way Josh looked around the room, I could tell that he was a little uncomfortable by the “Asianess” of the room, so I asked him if he would rather do the interview somewhere else. He replied back that he was fine with the space so we carried on with our 1 on 1.

If you can't be bothered to own some nice shoes and clothes for the interview, then why would you be seen as someone that the company would like to have its employees work with? Companies value employees who are going to be a good fit and work well together. Part of this is knowing what the expectations are for your attire and appearance, and following them (or exceeding them slightly). The other part is behaving in an honest, straightforward, and professional manner. If you have a temper, or come off as impolite or condescending, you might not be seen as someone who would be fun to work with. Sit up straight, shake peoples' hands, make eye contact, and try to remember their names. Show that you're engaged by what they're

I experienced conflicting emotions; the expected nervousness, excitement, and fear of not being able to be professional. Even though I have experience interviewing people in high school for school assignments, it was intimidating nevertheless. After all, interviewing someone takes skills such as prompting and being flexible to move from questions to another, not trailing from the interview schedule. Preparing beforehand and familiarizing with the questions and knowing the objective of the study did help significantly to structure the interview beforehand. Yet, there were still a few awkward pauses, whether the pauses are interviewees thinking about things to elaborate or them waiting for my cue to proceed to the next question.

In preparation for any interview, researchers should be organized and have an idea of how they would like the interview to be structured. Researchers should also be flexible and be aware that interviews may not go as planned. McCurdy, Spradley and Shandy (2005) suggests that researchers to find a quiet place to meet with informants that are free from distractions (p. 34). They advise researchers to anticipate the surroundings and how it will affect the informant 's comfort level and performance (p. 34). My observation will taking place at Glitz and Glam Hair Studios. Because it is a bustling hair salon one of the owners suggested I come on a day where they weren 't as busy. I believe it may be difficult to find a quiet place but, I am sure I will be able to have opportunities to speak to them alone. When getting permission to conduct my interviews, I explained in detail, to the owners who are also my informants, why they were chosen and what I was looking to accomplish. I think it is wise, as McCurdy et. al. (2005) urges researchers to explain again. It important for the informants to know the researcher is trying to learn their culture (p. 34). I believe it 's beneficial to both the researcher and the informant to have that face-to-face interaction while giving an explanation purpose.

To move forward in life and to become somebody there are certain steps I must take, and doing understanding yourself interview is part of it. The industry I chose to be an entrepreneur in is in the import and export industry and to be specific I would like to start as an import and export coordinator. Without further delay, my interview was conducted on February 10, 2016, at Second Cup café located at 642 Mount Pleasant Rd. Toronto ON. I had a nice time interviewing Mr. Richard, a consultant and an entrepreneur in the import and export industry and CEO of TartanFrog Inc. To be sincere, I chose him as my interviewee at first because I had no one else in the field that I could interview, and secondly because of his credentials. He has achieved a lot in his lifetime, he has produced a film, played in a hockey team, worked with different companies mostly to help solve problems, and he 's an inventor, he invented aerosol channel cap.

The group generally felt that our face-to-face interviewing was both effective and efficient, due in large part to our positive body language, detailed research and preparation that enabled us to elicit the information we sought and respond to answers with further follow-up questions as appropriate. Our interview commenced with introductions, some brief small talk and a reminder about the purpose of the interview and likely duration. This relaxed start seemed to settle everyone’s nerves and create a positive atmosphere to foster compelling conversation rather than an inquisition. Fortunately, our interviewee was not shy or nervous. We were careful not to spend too much time talking ourselves, but rather focused on the interviewee’s responses, recognising the need to concentrate, not interrupt (needlessly), ask questions (to discover, confirm or clarify), and continue to support the speaker throughout with positive body language and no abrasive or confrontational questioning.