Interview Paper

SSCM Gilmore made an unannounced visit to Martinez Elementary School to conduct an interview with Madison Williams. The interview included school counselor Tamara Mathis, Madison Williams, and SSCM Gilmore. Madison is a 4th grader at the elementary school, with no known behavioral issues in class. She is known to be on time for school every day. Ms. Mathis reported that last year she was in her office a lot discussing the illness of her mother. Madison reported that she is aware what inappropriate touching is, and who she can talk to if someone touches her in bad areas. Madison reported that no one has touched her in a bad area. She reported that she would tell her mother or the Ms. Mathis of who touched her in the bad areas. She reported

For the purpose of this interview, I interviewed Mrs. Ann Clare- School Psychologist and Mrs. Scott Nelson- School Principal.

Ms. Alicia appeared less engaged and agitated with allegation. Ms. Alicia stated that she and her daughter are living together and her sister supports her and does child care for her when she is at work. Alicia stated that she works in lab and her work keeps her busy. She stated that she has not spoken to her husband regarding the allegation. However, she stated that she wants John to come back home and they as family resolve the allegation. She appeared to shift her opinion regarding the sexual abuse report about her daughter. CPI asked if she believes her daughter’s opinion and she continued to say “I am following what police wants her to do and has not had a time to discuss about the allegation” She also stated that Laela wants her father at home and she misses him. Ms. Alicia stated that she supports that and wants John to return home. This worker reminded Ms. Alicia that there is still ongoing investigation and that he needs to stay away until she hears from the police. CPI asked if there has been any arrest and she reported no. She also stated that she communities with him through phone but never discuss about Laela and sexual abuse allegation. During the meeting Ms. Alicia appeared to be in denial about her daughter’s

want them to take classes they enjoy, which also helps keep these struggling students in school. It is really a catch 22 for a lot of these kids.” She allowed that 5th period was making a difference and teachers have been really helpful during this time. She also said that we have so many students with IEP’s that “it is overwhelming for both the EC staff and the teachers.” In looking over the SIP there are no goals that specifically address increasing these scores for EC students.

Over the past few days, I have spent a considerable amount of time on the phone with Public Relations professionals in the greater New York area. All of the PR professionals I talked to are in the pharmaceutical field. I choose this field because I find the health care industry very interesting, and I am specifically concerned with understanding how drugs enter the market.

I chose David Quiroz as an interviewee do to his residential experience living in Boys Town during his youth. He is a 48-year-old Hispanic man who prefers to be referred to as he/him. I met him in my tour of Boys Town on Halsted, I initially approached him asking him if he was familiar with the area? He answered in a friendly manner that he previously lived there in his youth and where did I need direction to. I introduced myself and asked if I can take a couple of minutes of his time to answer a few questions regarding the community, since I was doing a community assessment for educational purposes. So, I asked him his name and mentioned I’d only use his initials for confidentiality and to voice his stake for the community. He responded and

Jeremy Bird started by buying a chip and tuning his own Buick Grand National. Jeremy then Bought chips for his own car and realized that the chips weren’t right, he decided he wanted to correct it, and felt the need to make the industry better. In 2002 Jeremy bought the software required to tune and began to sell chips at $100 per chip and his career carried from there.

Jordan Smith is a 33 year old Caucasian female. She was self-referred to counseling due to restlessness, irritability, difficulty concentrating and inability to sleep. The client reported that, for a year, she has constantly felt worried to the point where she often has difficulty performing daily tasks. Mrs. Smith was appropriately dressed and attentive, however, she exhibited physical behavior of bouncing her leg, twiddling her thumbs and cracking her knuckles throughout the entirety of the session.

For this interview project, there were three team members. Katrice was the client, Bailey was the observer and I was the social worker. The three of us made a good team, which was very important since this was our first meeting. We got along very well and we each had a similar plan mapped out. The experience was an opportunity to view our strengths and needs improvement skills in interviewing. The recorded video gives each of us the chance to critically view our interviewing techniques. It was an eye-opener.

Overall my mock interview went better than I had initially anticipated it would be. The mock interview allowed me to find out about skills I did not know I had as well as skills I need to hone in order to use them to my benefit in interviews in the future. I have had previous experience doing interviews for jobs and scholarships and have even practiced my interviewing skills in high school. I believe it is essential in practicing as much as possible how to do an interview because there will always be a new skill that can be attained and new ways of formalizing an answer to fit the wants of the potential job or opportunity that may arise. It is important to know how to formalize an answer on the spot without sounding unsure of the answer the

When I first heard that I had to interview someone and write a paper about how successful they are, I’ll admit, I thought we’d be interviewing a bunch of wealthy old white guys that have never known the meaning of failure. To my surprise, Josh Mitchell was neither elderly nor rich. After being thrown off, I quickly recovered and told myself that there must have been some major factor that helped him find an easy path to success. Speaking with Josh for even just a few minutes revealed that his success was not built on money or social status, but alternatively the problems he went through in life. I used to think success was only achieved by being smart and born into a well off family, but after talking to Josh Mitchell, I

This case study of an interview of an adult over the age of 65 was done for an assignment for FSHD 413. The interview took place on March 31 at 11:00 am and lasted until around 11:45 am. The interview took place on the couch at the interviewee’s house. This location was chosen to ensure that the interviewee was comfortable and in a familiar environment. It was also a convenient location and time for the interviewee. The interviewee was given the questions ahead of time so he was able to read them over and ahead of time and make notes, as well as read along as the questions were being asked. The responses were recorded through an audio recording as well as detailed notes taken by the interviewer. The interviewee was very comfortable answering the questions that he was asked, and it helped him to be able to read along as the questions were being asked.

For my interview assignment, I interviewed my sixty-one year old cousin, “Sandy” and my nineteen year-old cousin, “Renee”. Sandy works for an auto company that delivers car parts. She has been married thirty years to her husband “Dale”. She has one daughter and one step daughter. She has a high school diploma and some college education. Sandy attends church occasionally and enjoys spending time at home. She grew up on a dairy farm with four brothers and one sister. She is the second youngest out of the five siblings. Renee is a sophomore at a community college. She is planning to become a nurse. She works part-time at a Dollar General and babysits occasionally. Renee is in a serious relationship with her boyfriend, who she has been with for three years. She has received a promise ring from him, and is currently living with him. She does not have any children, but many animals around the house. Renee is the oldest of three siblings. She has one sister and one brother. She does try to go to church every Sunday, when she does not have to go in to work.

The entrepreneur that I interviewed was Lydia Patterson. In 1989, Lydia and her husband, Lou, decided to start planning to open up a new Italian restaurant in Virginia. The restaurant industry, especially in the Washington DC area is very competitive. It is highly competitive with respect to price, value and promotions, service, location, and food quality.  There are a substantial number of restaurant operations that compete for customer traffic, some of which have significantly greater resources to aggressively market to consumers, which could result in losing market share.  Consumers are highly focused on value and if other restaurants are able to promote and deliver a higher degree of value, guest traffic levels

Reflexivity involves being able to think critically about the self and others research work, with a robust and open curiosity about how we find ourselves situated in events and interprets the behaviour of other people and ourselves (Coles, 1992).