Interviewing Hints and Good Advice
Interview Tips and Techniques The Approach: Getting an Interview The Approach The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups
The Approach You will be interviewing professionals, so do the following: Contact your interview subjects now, use these web resources to help you find people: How to Find an Expert Via The Web: _expert.html _expert.html Send an or mail the person. Use the phone as a last resort. When you are approaching the person, be polite, be respectful, set up a timeline for your person to respond via , phone, or face-to-face.
The Approach: Part 2 Write down questions—at least ten, sequence them in a logical way. Make sure you try out your questions on a friend—for grammar and reasonableness. Make sure that you follow the advice for interviewing at e/559/06/. e/559/06/
Interview Tips and Techniques The Approach: Getting an Interview The Approach The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview The Prep The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups
The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview Make sure that you show up ahead of time for a face- to-face interview. Send out interview questions after heavy editing and trial. Make sure you send them out as early as possible. For a phone interview or a face-to-face interview, use a tape recorder (Chris has some for loan). Ask your interview subject if you can “use a tape recorder to correctly get what you say?” Finally, take copious notes. For advice on note-taking, go to: rs.cfm?id=33&ttid=37. rs.cfm?id=33&ttid=37
Interview Tips and Techniques The Approach: Getting an Interview The Approach The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview The Prep The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups The Follow-up
The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups Write up your interview as per the requirements of the assignment—go to moodle or our webpage for the assignment sheet. Send, via mail, a thank you to your interview subject—even if your subject is a relative or a friend. (This is especially true if it is your mother. )
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