Eight Interviewing Tips |
Lesson from Omega English
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1. Ask Open Ended Questions: This will help facilitate a genuine dialogue
2. Calibrate Your Tone, Make Them Feel Comfortable, And Be Empathetic: Remember that the person is sharing their personal story with you.
3. Truly Listen
4. Ask One Question At A Time: You don’t want to fire multiple questions at the time same. Give the person time to think and formulate their response.
5. Be Prepared With Follow Up Questions: Although you will have your set questions during your interview, be prepared to have follow up questions. You should be ready to go in a different direction if the moment is right .
6. Do Your Research: Prior to your interview you should have done a sufficient amount of research. You should never ask a question that another journalist has asked them before or a question that can be answered by researching.
7. Maintain Eye Contact
8. Always Thank The Source At The End Of The Interview
2. Calibrate Your Tone, Make Them Feel Comfortable, And Be Empathetic: Remember that the person is sharing their personal story with you.
3. Truly Listen
4. Ask One Question At A Time: You don’t want to fire multiple questions at the time same. Give the person time to think and formulate their response.
5. Be Prepared With Follow Up Questions: Although you will have your set questions during your interview, be prepared to have follow up questions. You should be ready to go in a different direction if the moment is right .
6. Do Your Research: Prior to your interview you should have done a sufficient amount of research. You should never ask a question that another journalist has asked them before or a question that can be answered by researching.
7. Maintain Eye Contact
8. Always Thank The Source At The End Of The Interview
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Your Turn To Interview
You are going to do an interview now. Our theme this year for the yearbook is "Behind the scenes". You're going to choose 2 teachers (make sure none of you are choosing the same teacher), and you're going to interview them about what they wish students knew about being a teacher. Make sure to get your list of questions ready before you interview.
The next step will be to then interview 2 students (again, make sure you are not interviewing the same students), about what they wish teachers knew about being a student today. This will become a spread in the yearbook. You will need to make sure to get student/ teacher names. Also make sure to communicate with the photographers about what kinds of pictures need to be taken and who they need to take pictures of. Turn in your interviews to the right by Friday. |