REFLECTION #2

INTERVIEW REFLECTION:

This is the first time I interviewed someone and my expectations were pretty low on if I was

going to do it right. Once I met with the person I was interviewing, I gave him a small

introduction on what the interview was about, told him a little bit about the CODES program

and what our teachers were expecting us to learn from this assignment.

I felt pretty comfortable because we were in a small study room which is a quiet place and

we were both committed to do it right. I feel that the fact that I gave him a little introduction

first, gave him the confidence that he needed to answer the questions as smoothly as he did.

His answers were genuine and pretty straight too, which means that he answered based on

his experience and he wasn’t overthinking the answers.

I consider that there is always room for improvement but I think that my questions were

pretty straight forward and there was no room to misunderstand the questions and give a

wrong answer. The only thing that I really did not enjoy listening to was my reactions to his

answers, I would like to change that.

While I was transcribing my interview I noticed that it took me a while to do it. Once I was

listening to the questions and the answers, I noticed that my reaction to his answers was

kind of awkward and short even though I was feeling pretty comfortable. I think that there

was not much to add to his answers that is why I did not say much. I would like to improve

how I approach the people I interview and work on my confidence.