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What are your thoughts about interviews based on the class discussions, class activities, assignments and readings of the week?

This week we talked more about the different parts of the interview process.  We learned what to do and what not to do, especially in the opening.  That is the most important part of the interview.  If you start off being too forward or with leading questions, it’s probably going to make for a  bad interview.  We also learned that making up the topics and suptopics of our interview before we do the interviewing, it makes the interview go smoother.  I think after getting more in deapth with the interview process, makes interviewing easier each time we do one.  I have become more comfortable with asking questions and doing a one on one interview. 

After actually interviewing someone this past week, I learned that interviewing someone via e-mail is much more relaxed than if we were to have done it face-to-face.  Sometimes interviews can be nerve racking or uncomfortable, but since we didn’t have to have the personal space invaded during the interview it was easier.  Also, after watching some of the interviews from news channels that we saw in class, we saw a very bad example of an interview.  Being persistent when the interviewee is clearly not comfortable answering certain questions, is not the way to get answers during an interview.

1.  Karie Mayornick, IPC/Marketing, I am from Westlake, Ohio and just recently moved to Olmsted Township.  We are about 20 mins west of Cleveland.  One interesting thing about me is that I am very OCD about a lot of things, like my closet, organizing things and cleaning. 

2.  To fulfill reqirements for my major.

3.  Interviews are a way for people to get to know you and can learn from you.  I don’t have that much experience with interveiws but I think this class will be very useful in the future.

4.  No, not really.