Best Practices in Interviewing

Interview 1 

Interview 1 seems disorganized and unprepared to conduct the interview, including setting up the equipment. The Interview questions are unstructured, and the casual engagement does not depict aspects of professionalism and clarity expected for research questions. These factors stain the interview and affect the reliability and validity of the collected data. 

Best Practices and Issues 

Interview 1 is not a good approach for an interview. The interviewer does not provide a context of the interview; therefore, the interviewee asked for clarifications showing a lack of context at the start of the interview (Ravitch & Carl, 2021). . The interviewee is unprepared for the interview, such as setting up the tape recorder. The questions sound unrehearsed and too direct, depicting unprofessionalism. 

Thoughts  

The interview lacks proper dialogue engagement such as clarity and collaboration, therefore, creating uncomfortable environment for the interviewee. 

Interview 2 

Interview 2 is friendly and provides an objective overview of the interview, how the data collected will be used without oversharing information. The interviewer is mindful of the objective of the discussion, its timeline and creates a comfortable environment for the interviewee to share the needed information. Therefore, it avoids using titles, creating a simple and conducive environment and maintaining the objectivity of the questions. 

Best Practices and Issues 

Interview 2 presents good interviewing techniques. The interviewee is oriented with a proper introduction depicting what the interview entails, how the data will be used, what to expect during the interview, and how long it lasts. The interview shows a flow of ideas, one question leading to the other from a broader perspective to more specific questions Rubin & Rubin, 2012). Questions are structured base on answers provided by the interviewee. The interviewer based the questions on the objectivity of topic 

Thoughts  

I learnt that proper prior preparation is essential in guiding the direction of an interview in terms of openness, structuring interview questions, objectivity, and minding the duration of conducting the interview 

References  

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.