{"id":9415,"date":"2021-09-27T15:26:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cu-sites.pantheonsite.io\/library\/?page_id=9415"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:30:47","slug":"conducting-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-collections\/guides\/conducting-an-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Conducting an Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Interviews are a method of qualitative research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point of a qualitative interview is to let the respondent tell their own story on their own terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information in this guide is adapted from Harvard University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.harvard.edu\/qualitative\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library Support for Qualitative Research<\/a> guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-9514dd20-8d79-49d5-8731-ad9dd2249197 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Types of Interview Questions<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Direct questions:<\/strong> \u2018Do you find it easy to keep smiling when serving customers?\u2019; \u2018Are you happy with the way you and your husband decide how money should be spent?\u2019 Such questions are perhaps best left until towards the end of the interview, in order not to influence the direction of the interview too much.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Indirect questions: <\/strong>\u2018What do most people round here think of the ways that management treats its staff?\u2019, perhaps followed up by \u2018Is that the way you feel too?\u2019, in order to get at the individual\u2019s own view.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Structuring questions:<\/strong> \u2018I would now like to move on to a different topic\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;<strong>Follow-up questions:<\/strong> getting the interviewee to elaborate his\/her answer, such as \u2018Could you say some more about that?\u2019; \u2018What do you mean by that . . .?\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Probing questions:<\/strong> following up what has been said through direct questioning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Specifying questions:<\/strong> \u2018What did you do then?\u2019; \u2018How did X react to what you said?\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Interpreting questions: <\/strong>\u2018Do you mean that your leadership role has had to change from one of encouraging others to a more directive one?\u2019; \u2018Is it fair to say that what you are suggesting is that you don\u2019t mind being friendly towards customers most of the time, but when they are unpleasant or demanding you find it more difficult?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-0ace740b-1d3c-4b55-a558-475463fc92e3 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Interview Tips<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the beginning of the interview, state the date, the name of the interviewer and interviewee, each person&#8217;s location, and if relevant, the connection between the interviewer and interviewee (e.g., &#8220;I am interviewing my grandmother&#8221;).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jot down some questions in advance, so that you are prepared.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Questions should be simple. Do not ask more than one question at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The best questions are those which elicit the longest answers from the respondent.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not ask questions that can be answered with one word.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But&#8230;feel free to go off script! If your interviewees take you in a different direction, let them tell their stories. Sometimes you can end up hearing about fascinating things you wouldn&#8217;t&nbsp;have known to ask about.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask open-ended questions (i.e., questions that begin with &#8220;why, how, where, what kind of,&#8221; etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask follow-up questions to get your interviewee to provide more details.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the most important things to do as an interviewer is to let the other person talk! Don&#8217;t feel like you have to fill empty spaces. Give your interviewees a chance to tell&nbsp;<strong>their<\/strong>&nbsp;stories. The focus should be on the interviewee!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-5b41ff19-d118-4afb-9eeb-ba6cf842a492 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">A Successful Interviewer is&#8230;<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Knowledgeable<\/strong>: is thoroughly familiar with the focus of the interview; pilot interviews of the kind used in survey interviewing can be useful here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Structuring<\/strong>: gives purpose for interview; rounds it off; asks whether interviewee has questions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clear<\/strong>: asks simple, easy, short questions; no jargon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gentle<\/strong>: lets people finish; gives them time to think; tolerates pauses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sensitive<\/strong>: listens attentively to what is said and how it is said; is empathetic in dealing with the interviewee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open<\/strong>: responds to what is important to interviewee and is flexible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Steering<\/strong>: knows what he\/she wants to find out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Critical<\/strong>: is prepared to challenge what is said, for example, dealing with inconsistencies in interviewees\u2019 replies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remembering<\/strong>: relates what is said to what has previously been said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interpreting: clarifies and extends meanings of interviewees\u2019 statements, but without imposing meaning on them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Balanced<\/strong>: does not talk too much, which may make the interviewee passive, and does not talk too little, which may result in the interviewee feeling he or she is not talking along the right lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ethically sensitive<\/strong>: is sensitive to the ethical dimension of interviewing, ensuring the interviewee appreciates what the research is about, its purposes, and that his or her answers will be treated confidentially.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-6ca2ba9f-4349-41bd-8abb-2ee645d9ee69 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Should you record and transcribe?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pros<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It helps to correct the natural limitations of our memories and of the intuitive glosses that<br>we might place on what people say in interviews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It allows more thorough examination of what people say<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It permits repeated examinations of the interviewees\u2019 answers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It opens up the data to public scrutiny by other researchers, who can evaluate the analysis<br>that is carried out by the original researchers of the data (that is, a secondary analysis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It therefore helps to counter accusations that an analysis might have been influenced by a<br>researcher\u2019s values or biases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It allows the data to be reused in other ways from those intended by the original<br>researcher\u2014for example, in the light of new theoretical ideas or analytic strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cons<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It introduces a different dynamic into the social encounter of the interview, and recording equipment may be off-putting for interviewees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transcribing is a very time-consuming process. It also requires good equipment, usually in the form of a good-quality tape recorder and microphone but also, if possible, a transcription machine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transcription also very quickly results in a daunting pile of paper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-765e23b7-a0f5-4d44-92cf-b32d522b67b2 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Additional Resources<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#343a40;border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=EJ990034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Writing Interview Protocols and Conducting Interviews: Tips for Students New to the Field of Qualitative Research<\/a> in The Qualitative Research Report<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/clarkson-ebooks\/detail.action?docID=1187368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond: From Research Design to Analysis and Publication<\/a> by Anne Galletta and William E. Cross<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0142159X.2018.1497149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twelve Tips for Conducting Qualitative Research Interviews<\/a> in Medical Teacher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviews are a method of qualitative research The point of a qualitative interview is to let the respondent tell their own story on their own terms. 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