My First Interviews
I worked with Sanjina Karki and Haqui Liu today.
I learned about the cultures and schooling of Napal, and how different it is compared to our country. I learned about two of the celebrations they have for students and the working class and how each is celebrated. I also learned about what it is like around Napal, and what the people are like there. Also about their eating culture and how much, how often they eat, and what they tend to have.
Then I learned about the Chinese culture. I learned that they generally eat noodles, rice, and seafood as their main source of food. Also about some of the dishes they have to eat as well. Then I learned about their schooling and about how important it is to their culture. I also learned some about the individual as well.
I thought that for the most part the conversation seemed to flow easily between both individuals. At first it may have been a little awkward, but that was soon gone once we started talking. We talked pretty in depth about a few topics each, and I felt like I was learning quite a bit about these places and their culture.
I felt it was extremely interesting to learn through our interviewing and enjoyed it quite a bit. It was a little hard for me at first to come up with topics, and ideas for when they had asked me questions, but once we got into it, we seemed to flow very nicely.
These practice interviews have helped me with how to start out a conversation with my interviewee's. It gave me an idea of what it could be like for me to do an actual interview. I learned that it wasn't as hard as I had thought to give an interview, and not to worry too much about it. It made me feel more comfortable with asking questions and handling a quiet situation. Overall I feel like this has now prepared me better for the coming interviews in the future.
