I went to the hallways of Capilano University to find a worthy participant for my Liberal Studies 200 class assignment to interview a stranger about a Capilano University related topic. My focus group, team Adequate, and myself decided on student life at CAP as the main focus point. This being my first academic interview I was timid on the scene feeling like a wallflower stuck to the side of the gymnasium wall waiting to ask the handsome boy to dance. Finally catching a nerve I went up to a compassionate enough looking student to ask if she could partake in a 15 minute interview. Perhaps I found it difficult to get the nerve to talk to someone is because everyone is walking purpose to get to their next class, has headphones in or I just didn …show more content…
I expected this interview to be far more interesting for a couple reasons, firstly they can hear what I have to say, and secondly the interview subject was actually willing to partake in my interview. Although I had assumptions about how this interview go I still continually expect the unexpected, one can not judge how face-to-face conversation can go.
Before I dove straight into the interview I firstly explained a little bit about myself and why I needed to know about the student life at Capilano even though I was not part of the Student Union. I could see that she was feeling a little uncomfortable about the whole situation and most likely wanted to check the newest post on her mobile device so I tried to make her feel more comfortable by giving a sense of formality. I then asked her a few questions to break the ice, such as, name, degree, and so-on. Answering these questions with fantastic punctuality I figured this was going to be a breeze until I asked my first question, How are you finding University? It went downhill from there with a ordinary, good. To my realization that this question was quite tough to
The first interview I scheduled was with the Assistant Village Manager, Ms. Jablonski. We had a phone conversation that made it seem like she did not have time for the conversation. She had my questions ahead of time and was able to prepare. She mentioned that she was busy and only had twenty-five minutes to talk and said she would not have any other time to speak to me. I felt rushed and pressured into picking the most important questions from my list. The fact that it was a phone conversation made it even more difficult because I barely had time to prepare to take notes and that put a damper on the excitement I had for the interview. It made me feel like she didn’t have time for me or, even more so,
I froze. I felt my smile fading away and my tendency to overthink going into action immediately. What do I do? What if I say something wrong? What if I don’t do enough? Other underclassmen often asked me about my experience in certain classes
Unlike my first interview, we were able to schedule a ‘face-to-face’ meeting to provide answers to my questions. After we met, he led me to
The two types of questions that I asked were open and closed questions. Open questions are broad in the nature and basically unstructured. Some examples of open questions that I asked are, “How do you respond to conflict?” and “What is your favorite part about Student Affairs?” Closed questions are structured and restricted and they often include several possible answers from which to choose. A couple of closed questions I asked Lacey were “How long have you been Director of Student Involvement?” and “What is the average salary in your career field?” I wanted to ask open and closed questions because I am able to receive a more detail and efficient response from the interviewee. Asking Lacey open and closed questions was beneficial because Lacey provided detailed answers with examples from her personal experiences. One thing that I could had improved on is ask more closed questions instead of open questions. Even though Lacey provided detailed answers, she gave oververbalized answers for a couple of my questions. Oververbalized answers is when you receive an answer that contains too much or more information than you asked for. By creating my interviewing questions and having an agenda, allowed me to take advantage of all opportunities that present themselves during an interview. I received so much information that helped shaped my view about Student Involvement
In 2012 nearly 205,000 people were employed as a physical therapist in the United States. The average salary of a physical therapist in 2012 was $79,860 per year. The number of jobs is estimated to grow 36% from 2012-2022. This job of physical therapy involves many and very important tasks to fulfill the needs of their patients. It requires many different educational requirements and you must have strong people skills.
Today i am going to talk about one of the most influential person in my life, about the person that inspires me to enter into this kinesiology major, his name is kenneth Canche’. He is the head coach for the San Ysidro high school baseball and the leader of the PE teachers in school. And there is no way to argue why is he on charge. As i said, coach Canche is a PE teacher with a masters degree in physical education, and a masters degree in chemistry. And he has been involved in the physical education programs for more than 18 years. As coach canche argued in the interview, “in all my years coaching, i have had just one bad team, and it was 5 years ago. It is the worst feeling ever because i am
I have taken an interview of the Human Resources Manager Mr. John Smith of a respected University. I asked him to come for a coffee at Starbucks coffee shop. He did not refuse me and came at time. First, I shared my course content and whatever I knew about course and career. I started with explaining many things regarding human resource management, as he is the most competent Human Resources Manager in my eyes. I started by describing about what our College is teaching about Human Resource Management.
Motivational interviewing is an important technique and counseling style that was created by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick in the 1980’s. The brief definition of motivational interviewing (MI) that is provided by Miller and Rollnick in their influential text is “a collaborative conversation style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change” (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). Motivational interviewing is considered to be a style that evolved from client-centered therapy. The style is considered to be empathic but requires the counselor to consciously directive so that they may help their client resolve the ambivalence they are experiencing and direct them towards change. The important thing to note is that client autonomy is key to the process (Hettema, Steele, & Miller, 2005). However, despite being able to currently give a definition of MI, one that could be considered a working definition, motivational interviewing is “a living, evolving method” (Miller & Rollnick, 2009). It will continue to evolve as times change and it is implemented in use with other maladaptive behaviors. MI is a relatively new style that it still has the ability to undergo changes to adapt to what purpose it is serving (Miller & Rollnick, 2009).
Motivational interviewing is a guiding system that aide’s individuals to resolve conflicted affections and insecurities with finding interior inspiration to change their conduct. It is empathetic, practical, furthermore short-term procedure that takes under thought how troublesome it is to make lifestyle changes. Motivational interviewing was invented by clinical psychologist William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. This method was created to help people escape addiction (Miller and Rollnick, 1991).
Although the experience was nerve-racking, I believe that I did a very good job. I was able to collect the majority of the information that she was telling me while asking follow up questions. However, it was more to balance than I had expected. It was difficult asking questions and attempting to record enough information to complete my assignment. As the conversation continued, I got interested in her life stories and professional examples and noticed I had stopped taking notes. I also felt the need to make constant eye contact to show I was alert and aware of what she was saying, which brought challenges to my note taking. This interview process made me feel excited for the future. It was an intriguing opportunity to know that one day I will be able to positively impact lives the way Fultz does. To improve my interview skills, I would ask if I could record the conversation. This will allow me to interact more with the health professional while also consuming a maximum amount of information. I wish I had thought about recording this conversation prior to the interview, because Fultz spoke beautifully about her passion as a social worker, and I wish I was able to directly quote her in this
For the Global Tech simulation, we were arranged into groups with individuals we had not become acquainted with beforehand. Subsequently, there were no personal introductions or pre-class strategy meetings in preparation for our first class meeting on that Saturday. When the instructions were initially given and our simulation experience began, it was quickly realized, by the team that time was going to be of the essence. We immediately confronted the fact that there was no way we could watch all of the interviews provided in the simulation. After everyone had begun making mental and physical notes about the interviews we had already viewed, we collectively decided from there which interviews were going to be the most important for us to observe
When we were first given this assignment I had not put much consideration into it. I thought we were to ask a couple of questions, it would all work itself out and I would be done. But this was not the case. The thought and reflection put into interview questions really surprised me. There was far more factors other than the questions you were asking, because you were also dealing with people, people who are giving you there free time, their attention and opening themselves up to you a stranger, so there were far more responsibilities then what were initially at hand.
Life story interview/ project was design for you to get to know a random stranger or a close friends. You would asked general questions about the person life, school, work and family, therefore many will open up to you but a lot of people would not. Before you did the interview you had taken a NIH certification make sure you understand how to do the interview. You had recorded it, transmitted it, coded it and then present it to the class. Once everything was done you learned something new about this person or you may look at their cultural a different way.
I could honestly say I was not extremely surprised to hear any of my responses. I know that at the beginning of this course, I was very intimidated to talk about this topic but the professor and my classmates have really made talking about this topic a little less stressful. Due to my anxiety about the topic, the initial recordings do show my hesitation in answering some questions. I think that would be the only thing that surprises me now looking back at my recording, my intimidation about the topic. If I were to complete the first part of the self-reflection project now, I think my answers would be different in that they would be more concise and my attitude would be much more assertive about the topic.
However, I was amazed to see all the positive feedback I received. The interviewer said that I did really well. Only when the observer Akash Tatikonda said that;