Before reading the chapter "Conducting the Interview" in Like it Was, I never realised how many different aspects went into having an interview with sombody. There are specific things to prepare yourself for before, during, and after the interview that will benifit how your interview turns out in the end. For instance there are specifici types of interviews in which you need to choose specificially who to interview, such as if you wanted to write about a culture that is dieing out, you could conduct a "how to" interview on the specifics of their culture.
Two ways to prepare yourself for an interview is to first have a specific set of questions planned out before the interview begins. This allows for you to have a better understanding of what you are going to ask the person and will give you a general idea about where the interview could head towards in converstation. The next preperation method would be actually reading the questions aloud to a friend or someone who will listen. This allows you to be confident in your interview and shows that you know and understand what you are talking about.
When reading the sections about the different tips you can think about when conducting and interview there were many different points that I thought were very important for a person to take into consideration when interviewing. One fo them being from the section labled "Setting Up". I never thought about this untill reading this article but you need to make sure that while during your interview you are in an area far from distractions. Distractions can take away from the interview causing you to loose valuable information and focus on what is being disucssed. You need to try to find a quite, nice location comfortable for the both of you whThe last section of this chapter is what I found the most interesting, even though it wasn't very long I thought it was a great way to brainstorm questions for an interview. This sections was labled,"Looking at Old Photographs". By looking at old photographs of the event or time in history helps you pose questions about what was going on at that point in time. You can figure things out about the economics, fashion, and setting which can all be turned into types of questions you can ask the person being interviews.
Two ways to prepare yourself for an interview is to first have a specific set of questions planned out before the interview begins. This allows for you to have a better understanding of what you are going to ask the person and will give you a general idea about where the interview could head towards in converstation. The next preperation method would be actually reading the questions aloud to a friend or someone who will listen. This allows you to be confident in your interview and shows that you know and understand what you are talking about.
When reading the sections about the different tips you can think about when conducting and interview there were many different points that I thought were very important for a person to take into consideration when interviewing. One fo them being from the section labled "Setting Up". I never thought about this untill reading this article but you need to make sure that while during your interview you are in an area far from distractions. Distractions can take away from the interview causing you to loose valuable information and focus on what is being disucssed. You need to try to find a quite, nice location comfortable for the both of you whThe last section of this chapter is what I found the most interesting, even though it wasn't very long I thought it was a great way to brainstorm questions for an interview. This sections was labled,"Looking at Old Photographs". By looking at old photographs of the event or time in history helps you pose questions about what was going on at that point in time. You can figure things out about the economics, fashion, and setting which can all be turned into types of questions you can ask the person being interviews.
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