"people don't remember what you said or what you did but they remember how it made them feel"
Interviewing professionals in industry:
starter ideas?
– Find out what they were doing at your age
– How does their practice reflect their own personal life if it even does
– Plan! Think about the nature of what an interview is itself
– Be attentive; listen to what they say and respond accordingly
– Empathy; be able to manage silences - prompts, probes, checks - above all non-judgemental
- managing prompts; ask for an example, clarification, more details?
- managing understanding; checking, summarise in-between thoughts
- the formalities - introductions and formalities - confirm it is ok to record - set the tone for the interview - trust and rapport
- prepare the recording equipment before
- the first question is significant - it should put the interviewee at ease - something they will have little difficulty talking about
- have goals that you tick off as to not repeat yourself
- have eye on time and make sure you solve the kew points
- ask interviewer if they have anything they want to add
- Transcribing - consider interview length
- written grammar versus verbal grammar
