Thursday, 8 October 2015

Interviews - Studio Brief 01 - OUGD502

What's an interview? - A series of questions

What does it require? - Good planning, proper preparation and sensitivity to the complex nature of interaction during the interview itself.


Tips:

  • Arrange the interview. Plan every aspect of the interview, time scales, questions etc...
  • Consider beforehand: how and where?


Skills:

  • Be attentive, actively listen to what they're saying in order to give a response and ensure they are aware of you engagement and interest into them.
  • Be empathetic, tolerate silences, use prompts, use open questions, use probes, ask for clarification, examples and more detail. Using checks; Summarise the interviewee's thoughts.


Conducting the interview:

  • Be friendly and ensure you are coming across as trustworthy, ask if you can record the chat etc...


Recording the interview:

  • Notes
  • Audio
  • Online communications


Beginning of the interview

  • Opening question is the most important.
  • Ask them about themselves and who they are


Finalising the interview

  • It's up to the interviewer to close the interview in a subtle way
  • Ask its there is anything more they want to add to the interview
  • Finally thank them for their time (Goes hand in hand with common sense and good manners)

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