Interview assignment
In a face-to-face interview with the person of your choice, ask the questions and allow the person you are interviewing sufficient time to answer.
When creating your questions, arrange them in a logical order to help the interview flow.
Refer back to the course content regarding interviewing.
Conduct this interview in person. If you absolutely cannot find a person to interview in person, at a minimum, the interview should be conducted via video chat. Do not email the person the questions to answer.
Audio or video tape your interview in order to type out the transcriipt for this interview; however, you will not turn in the recording.
It is highly advisable to:
Conduct your interview well-before the assignment is due;
Set up a backup person to interview in case your interview falls through;
Use the Interview Transcriipt Template to document your assignment.
To prepare your assignment:
In BLACK font, transcribe your interview;
In RED font, following each question you asked, label the communication skills (found in the course textbook, your own resources, and on content documents provided throughout the course). This does not have to be a formal citation. We just want to know where you found your information. For example: (Smith, 2018) will suffice.
In BLUE, following each question/answer, provide a self-critique by noting things you believe you did well and you could improve – include both verbal and non-verbal communication).
Follow the transcriipt with a 3-paragraph summary of the overall experience, from beginning to end. Include:
What led you to chose this person for your interview?
What thought process went into formulating your questions;
How you feel the interview went;
Include any other information you believe pertinent to the experience, including any feedback about your interviewing skills you might have received from the person you interviewed.
Assignment Format Requirements:
Word document;
Times New Roman, 12-point font;
Use citations for labeling the communication skills used;
There is no length minimum/maximum for this assignment, as questions/answers will vary in length for each student.
Content
Point Deduction
Minimum 5 Questions
Open-Ended
No “why” questions
No Multiple-Part questions
