Interview

An Interview is a conversation where an interviewer is tasked to extract information from the interviewee.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a highly structured conversation with predetermined questions, known as a Structured Interview, to a more casual and spontaneous dialogue called an Unstructured Interview.
  • It can occur in various settings and modes, ranging from a face-to-face setting to remote methods like a Telephone Interview or Videoconferencing Interview.
  • It can also take specialized forms like the Ladder Interview, which is designed to delve into deeper psychological motivations by building on previous answers.
  • It can serve different purposes, from employment assessments in a Job Interview to journalistic endeavors in a Journalistic Interview.
  • It can vary in formality, audience, and methods of recording responses, from handwritten notes to audiovisual recordings with Digital Video Recorders and Sound Recording and Reproduction equipment.
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• Example(s):
  • A Journalism Interview where a reporter questions a public figure to gather insights that will be shared with the wider public.
  • A Job Interview where a candidate's qualifications, work experience, and fit for a role are evaluated by potential employers.
  • A Research Interview used in academic or market research settings to collect qualitative data from subjects about their experiences, attitudes, or behaviors.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Casual Conversations among friends, which lack the structured question-and-answer format typical of interviews.
  • Law Officer Interrogation, which has legal implications and environment.
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• See: Motivation, Sound Recording And Reproduction, Videoconferencing, Ladder Interview, Subconscious, Digital Video Recorder.

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References

2024

• (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/interview Retrieved:2024-4-19.
  • An interview is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. In common parlance, the word "interview" refers to a one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee. The interviewer asks questions to which the interviewee responds, usually providing information. That information may be used or provided to other audiences immediately or later. This feature is common to many types of interviews – a job interview or interview with a witness to an event may have no other audience present at the time, but the answers will be later provided to others in the employment or investigative process. An interview may also transfer information in both directions.

    Interviews usually take place face-to-face, in person, but the parties may instead be separated geographically, as in videoconferencing or telephone interviews. Interviews almost always involve spoken conversation between two or more parties. In some instances a "conversation" can happen between two persons who type their questions and answers.

    When introducing yourself in an online interview, it can be a bit awkward. In a normal, face to face interview the proper way to greet the interviewer/s and introduce yourself would be to shake their hands. When the interview is held online then the person being interviewed should introduce themselves first as well as their background and their qualifications, then listen to each of the members introduce themselves and make a note to tilt your head when a new person begins to talk. This will allow the members on the interview call to see you are actively listening and moving along with them. This becomes more of what is known as a “one way interview”, (Wikipedia Contributors).

    Interviews can be unstructured, free-wheeling and open-ended conversations without predetermined plan or prearranged questions. One form of unstructured interview is a focused interview in which the interviewer consciously and consistently guides the conversation so that the interviewee's responses do not stray from the main research topic or idea. Interviews can also be highly structured conversations in which specific questions occur in a specified order. They can follow diverse formats; for example, in a ladder interview, a respondent's answers typically guide subsequent interviews, with the object being to explore a respondent's subconscious motives. Typically the interviewer has some way of recording the information that is gleaned from the interviewee, often by keeping notes with a pencil and paper, or with a video or audio recorder.

    The traditionally two-person interview format, sometimes called a one-on-one interview, permits direct questions and follow-ups, which enables an interviewer to better gauge the accuracy and relevance of responses. It is a flexible arrangement in the sense that subsequent questions can be tailored to clarify earlier answers. Further, it eliminates possible distortion due to other parties being present.

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