Interviewing Pitfalls

I do believe there are differentials in interviewing gender, culture and religious beliefs. In many cultures it can be known to make eye contact with someone as disrespect. Body language can also have different meanings within different cultures. For each of these this is where we listen before we take actions, we can verbal and nonverbal offend someone. No two cultures are the same and no two people are the

Ignorance of these differences may lead to offending an employee, leading to unintentional discrimination and poor relationships. It would therefore be beneficial for human resource management to understand culture disparities that may affect the way in which a message is perceived (Culturaldiversisty.org, 2008). Cultural diversity not only causes interferences within verbal communication but also in the way non-verbal communication is perceived. In relation to the cultural variations within non-verbal communication, body language is often misconstrued. For example when the British are talking face to face they ‘tend to look away spasmodically’, in contrast to this the Norwegians ‘typically look people steadily in their eyes without altering their gaze,’ thus a British individual communicating with a Norwegian could portray this eye contact as threatening and a wrong perception of that person may be perceived (Mullins, 2005, p231).

One advantage of a semi structured interview is that in the case of participants who tend to answer questions briefly, the interviewer can ask more open ended questions and cater the structure of the interview for the participant. The interviewer has a choice of which order to ask the questions in and how to ask them. For instance, in the transcript for the interview, the interviewer is being provided with one sentence yes/no replies in the beginning. Then, a few questions later, the interviewer asks a more detailed question that asks the participant how they manage their diabetes and who helps them. This prompts a more detailed response from the participant, who has now been asked to speak more freely about their experience with diabetes. Furthermore, for semi-structured interviews, the interviewers can follow what the participants are saying and modify their questions accordingly. The interviewer can be prompted by something the participant has said, and explore that prompt further in their proceeding questions. For example, when the respondent states that they do their own finger prick blood test, the interviewer then explores that deeper by asking follow up questions such as what equipment the participant uses and the difference in their own materials versus the hospital’s. Furthermore, in a semi-structured interview, the participant might bring up interesting points the interviewer had not come across in their

Interviewing is the method of qualitative research that normally comes first to people’s mind. It is much more than merely asking premeditated question after question. Interviewing is an art that requires the ability to quickly create a relationship between two people in order to gain knowledge. There are many techniques when it comes to conducting valuable interviews. Not every technique works for every interviewer and there is more than one right way to interview. For instance, while both Robert Lane, author of Political Ideology: Why the American Common Man Believes What He Does, and Judith Kestenberg author of Children During the Nazi Reign, used interviewing to gain knowledge for the writing of their books, these two authors prove

In this article Sherwood Fleming spoke about reading individuals body language and tone of voice in a business setting. He spoke about how tone of voice and body language can be misleading when it comes to other cultures. In the American culture we learn to read body language and tone of voice at a young age, usually when someone is not straight forward or not making eye we see that person as not being truthful. While in other countries those same attributes we see as truthful or respectful can easily mean disrespect. The author spoke about French client was working with a Japanese supplier and how he felt like the women wasn’t trustworthy because of her tone of voice or how she diverted her eyes, but how it was disrespectful in her country

Joel Rifkin, a notorious serial killer had killed seventeen prostitutes from 1989 to 1993. On June 28, 1993 homicide detectives interviewed Rifkin and a year later he was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life. During the investigation homicide detectives had interviewed him. Interviewing is a fundamental skill that all members in justice related professions must be equipped with. Knowing how to effectively interview a victim or offender in a criminal investigation can go a long way. It can help establish important details that have occurred through out the case and help law enforcement establish a modus operandi for the offenders. In any criminal investigation the best evidence in court is a confession from the offender. This paper will analyze an interview that Mark Safarkis, a profiler for the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted on Joel Rifkin. We will analyze and critique some of the approaches the agent used. This paper will examine techniques used throughout the interview such as: verbal following, close-ended questions, open-ended questions, paraphrasing, summarizing and remaining soler.

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Conducting interviews is fundamental as a case manager. In order to understand more about good interviewing, I decided to watch an interview about an addict mother conducted by Dr. Phil. While watching this interview, I made some notes on attitudes and characteristics that I considered important for good interviewing. The characteristics will be presented in the following paragraphs.

Based on the principle of maximum variation approach of sampling, which samples individuals with different characteristics (Creswell, 2005), 10 English teachers with various academic backgrounds and years of teaching experience were invited to take part in the open-ended interviews. Table 1 shows the profile of five teachers involved in the discussion of this

Jen greets the client politely and confirms the client's established account and the username we have on file.

“Situational interviews assess an applicant’s ability to project what his or her behavior would be in the future hypothetical situations”(Heneman, Judge, & Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012). In other words, situational interviews will provide questions such as: ‘what will you do if... questions, or tell us about an event when you was faced with a certain type of conflict, how did you handle the situation? The interviewers in these sections/ interviews are looking for answers from the applicant that will help them to predict how this individual will respond to stressful situations if hired. After receiving a degree in ‘Conflict Resolution’ from Bethel, this cohort starts believing that most organizations will hire an individual based on how well they think he or she is equipped to handle the type of conflict the job that they are applying provides. That’s why the level of education and experience are crucial, considering it focuses on a certain discipline.

Finally, future research should compare behavioral and situational interviews for assessing personality. There are reasons why these two interview formats may be differentially effective for assessing personality. For example, behavioral interviews should be effective for evaluating personality because traits influence behavior. It is also likely that personality influences intentions, and thus situational interviews could be useful for measuring personality.

Planning ahead does not always work in certain areas but when it comes to interviewing you do not want to go into the interview and not know what questions to ask. Patience is one thing you have to have when giving an interview because if you get irritated because they are not answering the questions right or not quickly enough, the interviewee will not want to cooperate anymore. To cover all of your bases and have a written statement, the interviewee might say I did not say that.

In this paper I describe mistakes that can ruin one’s interview for a job in person. Interviews can make or break a relationship. Interviews are the first impressions of someone before they are accepted or denied. As being the interviewee, one must do research on the company, dress formally, talk without any slang, and especially not be late to the interview. After reading this paper, one should be successful in any interview.

Whether in the form of a friendly conversation, a publicly viewed discussion, a telephone survey, or any other form of communication between two individuals, interviews are one of the most common ways of generating knowledge in the social world. This essay argues that the key strength of the interview is its ability to draw out opinions that one person’s life experiences have given them. It explains that in the social world personal opinions are just as valuable as proven data and can be analysed next to physical evidence, or compared with the opinions of others in order to find answers and generate knowledge. This essay goes on to acknowledge some of the flaws and weaknesses of the interview process and identifies how they can be either