2012 interview skills guidelines

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RESEARCH EDUCATION: INTERVIEW SKILLS

Assessment Instructions

There are TWO parts to this assessment:

PART I: REPARATION FOR INTERVIEW AS A GROUP

You are required to complete Worksheet 1:

You are to write the names of 2 persons you intend to interview, with a brief

description of their profiles which includes:

a brief background of interviewees: eg. profession/ age/designation/gender/name of

company

(Your interviewees can be professionals, relatives, friends and classmates).

reasons for your choice of these interviewees.

You are to compose a set of 10 interview questions which are relevant to your topic.

An Interview Field Notes template has been designed for you to use as a guide when you

conduct your interview.

(A sample letter has been included, should you require it)

PART II: ROLE-PLAY

You will simulate an interview with your group, your teacher-mentor observing (or acting as

the expert) before you carry out the actual interview.

Interview/Transcript/Evaluation:

After the interview, you will write a transcript of the interview and evaluate the usefulness and

success of your interview.

Assessment submission will include:

Worksheet 1: Title/Focus of Topic, background of interviewees, 10 questions.

Transcript of interview and/or tape recordings.

Interview Field Notes Template and Evaluation of Interview

Deadline: The above is to be submitted to your teacher mentor in Term 2 Week 2

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Worksheet 1: Interview Skills

Name: ( ) Date___________________

Class: Secondary 1

Title of Research Study:

Focus of Research Study:

Pre-interview stage 1: Exploration

1. What gaps of information are there in my knowledge of the topic?

2. Can knowledge gaps be covered more effectively by:No Yes

a) library research b) questionnaires (social survey) c) interviews

3. What is the purpose of my interview?

4. Who is/are the best person(s) to interview?

5. State reasons for the choice of interviewee(s).

6. How do I contact him / her / them?

_______________________________

Name(s) of interviewee(s):

Telephone(s):

Email(s):

Address(es):

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Proposed date(s) and time(s):

Venue(s):

Pre-Interview Stage 2: Preparation for the interview

1. State what you wish to find out about the topic from the proposed interview:

2. Write 10 questions which will enable you to find out what you wish about the topic duringthe proposed interview:

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Q10-THE INTERVIEW STAGE: IMPLEMENTION

[Transcript]

Note: Do not edit for grammatical errors or change the sentence structures of

your interviewees responses. You should transcribe the interview verbatim (ie

word by word exactly).

Post-Interview Stage: Analysis and Evaluation :

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Darren: Do you think that the amount of time spent on Facebook actually

does affect our exam results?

Mr Leo Yes, I think so. It all depends on how much time this person

actually spends on Facebook, and whether it has come to a point

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INTERVIEW FIELD NOTES TEMPLATE

Name(s) of Interviewee(s): ___________________________________________

Date(s) of interview: ______________ Time(s):_____________

Position(s)/ Profession(s): _________________________

Age(s): __________ (optional) Gender: F/ M

Relationship(s): _______________________________(optional)

(To be filled just before the interview)


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__________________________________________________________________________

- Summarise what you have found out from your interview- Implications of these findings- Conclusion

Keep to a maximum of 600 words for this section.

In-text citations and references not required.

(Sample letter to the intervieweemodify it to suit your need)

John Tan250, Middle RoadSingapore 032956

Hp 92344380

10 Mar 2008

Mr Philip Lim

Product Manager

Red Horse Company Pte Ltd

211, Defu Lane

Singapore 031245

Dear Mr Philip Lim,

Request for Interview Concerning the Miracle Claims of Red Horse

We are students of Secondary One from Raffles Institution.

Included in our curriculum is a Research Education (RE) project. This project is compulsory

and aims to expose pupils to research methods and lay the foundation for more group

research opportunities at the upper level.

Under this project, a group of pupils must carry out a project work in four areas: library

research, social survey, interview and presentation of scientific data.

For the interview component, we would like to look at the Red Horse health tonic and how it

attempts to achieve its claims. We would be very grateful if you could assist us in our

investigation by granting us an interview at a time convenient to you.

We would be calling you in a few days for your reply.

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Thank you for your kind attention.

Yours sincerely,

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(John Tan)

Group Leader

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