Do you know anyone who has immigrated somewhere? Have you ever done an interview? Because I have just finished one, in this blog post you will be hearing about my experience preparing for the interview, and my experience conducting the interview. So keep on reading to find out more!

My experience preparing for the interview wasn’t that  hard to me, because once my teacher gave me the instructions for the interview questions, I got straight to work. On the first day I had already gotten 20 questions, and we only needed 10 – 15 questions. The reason why the questions were easy to make is because I was interviewing my dad, and I know him really well. I had to consider if the questions that I had created were open-ended questions, which was kind of hard, because sometimes it’s pretty hard to tell if the question was open-ended or not. After I was sure that I had finished, I checked with my teacher to add the finishing touches, to make sure each question was good and open ended. By the end, my teacher had helped me make 15 good questions. After all of that, my teacher helped me print my questions onto paper so I can bring it home and interview my dad. The resources that I had received to help me with my interview questions didn’t really help, since I had used any of the questions that they had suggested. In all, preparing for the interview was pretty easy for me.

My experience conducting the interview was good. The only bad thing about it was, it took awhile to even start my interview with my dad, because we would plan it one day, then sometimes our schedule could change and we wouldn’t be able to do it. My interview was conducted inside my house, in the living room. It was in person, not on the phone. Though I did record the interview. It went completely as I expected, because it was long, but not too long. Also, I had heard how my friends’ interviews had gone, so I had known what to expect. I learned how to act and say. For example, I had to wait and make sure that the person I was interviewing had fully finished what they had to say before I continued to ask more questions. Another example is, I had to add follow up questions when I thought I should have. I learned many more small but interesting stories I hadn’t known about my dad before. Like when his plane that was taking him to America was struck by lightning. Or where he had worked as a professor. In all, I had a good experience while conducting my interview.

In conclusion, in this blog post I talked about my experience preparing for the interview, and my experience conducting the interview. It was pretty fun to make, because I had never done an interview before. Now that I have thought about it, I would like to know, have you ever done an interview?