Interviewing

First off, sorry it says I am Brandon; I accidentally accepted the invitation with my husband's Gmail account. I'll make sure to do the signature at the end.

During the interviewing session there were a couple of things that stood out to me that I want to add my insight to:

1. Open-ended questions. I was on the school newspaper down at Southern Utah University and one time one of my colleagues, McKenzie, was covering a trick-or-treating event for faculty and staff's kids at a dorm. McKenzie started interviewing some of the kids and realized a lot of her questions prompted just one word responses. For example, "do you like the event?", "what's your costume?", or "what's your favorite candy?". Normally, she could get longer responses from college students, but with kids it didn't work. She always advised that whenever you make questions for an interview always imagine what a 4-year-old would say. If a 4-year-old could just respond with one word then the question probably needs to be reworded.

2. Asking for clarification. I really never thought about it until today, but it is good to ask for clarification when you don't understand something. While Steve was talking about this a clip from The Office came to my mind:

The Office - LI5 Surplus from Ryan Faucett on Vimeo.

Dana Savage
Innovations Early College High School
Salt Lake City