Challenges
1. Finding international students to interview
2. Possible language difficulties(language barrier).
3. Finding ways to have make the interview go smoothly.
4. Finding an appropriate setting for your interview.
5. Using all the core questions and having enough content to make a interview last the required time.
6. Over coming the anxiety of the interview.
Benefits
1. Gain knowledge and insight their country and culture.
2. Dispel any misconceptions about the country and people.
3. Learn new some new words in a different language.
4. Gain experience in the formal interviews.
5. Improve your communication skills.
6. Meet a new person and possibly gain friendship.
Interview
Outline
4) Research
a) Country
Report
b) Questions
Prepared
i)
Core questions
ii) Own
questions
5) Interview
a) Introduction
to between the interviewer and interviewee
b) Flow
into main body of questions
c) Be
confident
d) Avoid
awkward questions
e) Formal
Attire
f) Fill
the required time
6) Transcription
a) Have
Organized and Neat Format
b) Fully
Completed
c) Fix
any grammar and language issues
7) Overview
a) Fix
any grammar and language issues
8) Overview
Joseph Albers
Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student
Our
assignment in class is to interview international students, with this there are
many challenges and benefits that you encounter during your interviewing
process. For most of us fellow students
this will be the first time that we ever interviewed a person, because of this
we as students need learn on the fly to make this a successful interview. In order to succeed in this the interview, I
believe these three steps need to be done well in order to have a successful
interview: research completed on the country, having an interview outline, and
execution of the interview.
Firstly,
each student must complete a research paper on the country of the person that
you are interviewing. You are doing this
to gain background information about that country so that you can have a basic
understanding of the people that live in that country. This will make help you to form questions
that you want to have answered that will give you more insight into the culture
and people that you would not be able to obtain without having the interview.
Secondly,
having and outline will help you to organize and maintain a direction for the
interviewing process. The outline will
give you a structure for the interview making the interview flow from one
question to another. Also, this will
ensure that you are fully prepared for the interview. In the outline, you will need to have all the
required core questions and your own questions written out and organized to
give your interview enough content and flow to make the interview a successful
one. Outlines greatly helps in planning
process and completion of the interview.
Thirdly,
the execution of the interview is imperative in the interviewing process. The execution will also be one of the hardest
objectives to accomplish. Completing the
objectives given before will greatly increase your overall preparedness of the
interview. Other ways to do well in the
interview is being confident in your questions and the way you carry yourself. Confidence is gained by practicing and going
over your content for the interview and knowing how your interview is going to
flow overall. Another important thing in
the execution is to make sure your interviewee is giving enough content for
each question you ask. Some ways to make
sure that you receive enough content is by asking impromptu question such as
why is it that way, and can you go into more detail etc. Another way is to make sure that your
interviewee is comfortable. Some ways to
ensure this is by interviewing in a public place, wear formal attire, and avoid
too personal questions. With proper
planning, executing your interview will be a positive experience.
In
conclusion, there are many challenges and benefits of interviewing an
international student. By completing these three objectives I believe you will
have a successful interview: research completed on the country, having an
interview outline, and the execution of the interview. With completing the interview, we will gain
valuable insight into the people and culture of your interviewee country
broadening our own and classes knowledge base.
By understanding different cultures, we can dispel misconceptions and
prejudges about a country or people that are false making the world a better
place.
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