Saturday, September 8, 2012
1. Research Interviews
This reminds me, just last week in my health class I had to interview family about health history. It was not a big deal because that was pretty easy. I did not have many research interviews in school, mainly my family and that does not cause my public speaking nightmares to come crashing in. I did have some assignments that required being in an interview and then having to write about it, it did require a lot of research. The assignment was to prepare for mock interviews to prepare for future job world. We had to research what to wear, how to speak, how to fill out your resume, how to fill out applications, common courtesy. During this interview, I was shaking at first and when I got to know the other person, I became comfortable with speaking and sharing my thoughts and experiences. It does depend on how open the other person is, because I noticed that if somebody is talking to you and you feel like a mouse and hes the trap, it is hard to keep a friendly conversation going. This is my experience, not much but I hope it has some use.
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When I was going through my medical assisting program, we had to do mock interviews too. I didn't really count that in my blog post, but I guess it would qualify to some level. I find one-on-one interviews more nerve wracking now than public speaking. I got through the first culture speech fairly good, but the next speech is scaring me. When doing research for a mock interview, I get nervous. What is a reliable source, other than the actual site, for a job interview? I took health last fall and if I had to interview a family, that would have done me in. I just turn bright red and start to lose focus, especially if someone is expecting questions right after the other.
ReplyDeleteI think what's important to keep in mind when giving a interview to a stranger is this: "they're just like you,human". I mean, the whole fear and anxiety of interviewing a person, or being the interviewee is pretty hard to conquer. However, after you've gone through that fear of it enough times, you start to gain a little more resistance to tentative thinking such as "I am going to fail". I have to say that keeping a conversational questionnaire going is easy, but you also need to provide some acknowledgment to the information they're providing. So that means being a good listener and replying.
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