Interviewing: Lessons Learned.

• Make sure that your audience is being serious...or not
• Make sure you pick people who could answer your question
• Thinking on feet...if questions you have planned aren’t enough, know what to do next.
• Be willing to following the questions...but to a point.  On the fly.
• Have a manageable amount of questions.  Be concise.
• Considerate of the other person’s time.
• Give questions before you go to the interview.
• Scheduled meetings ahead of time.

Personality profile--a person with a unique story to tell:

• DR: Ms. Varela “She’s not from around here!”
• Why she came to the US.
• All the languages she knows
• JM: Chandler Vincent, #1 runner
• How he got to be a #1
• Not always interested in running, didn’t start until a freshmen.
• HM: Laurie-the-musical-lady
• Mom of a student, just moved here lately
• Family seems interesting!
• AS: Step-grandfather, musical theater
• Macy’s commercials
• Voice recordings
• Teacher
• Moved around

-LS: Virginia Fullagar

• Tu-tu-Tuesdays
• Circus
• Loves French

-RD: DAD!

• Travel ME-NY everyweek
• Work and family

-JB: Simon Skold

• Lived in Palestine; lived there a year? Bias into world conflicts.
• Wants to be a director
• Traveled across the country on a bike

-JP: GRANDFATHER!

• Best gardener EVER!
• Veggies, specializes in carrots & beans

-HS: ???