Monday, March 28, 2011
BE PREPARED!!!!
Ok so I just got done doing my interview like an hour and a half ago and just like everyone else I assumed I was prepared and for the most part I was really nervous. I was meeting up with one of my mom's friends at 5pm. I made like so many mistakes I can't believe I had like two weeks to prepare and I still wasn't ready. My interviewee was very nice and patient with me. Until I met up with her I had realized I wasn't well prepared. Like I said I was really nervous about doing the interview but when I met her I was pretty calm and a little bit confident. I introduced myself she did the same. I asked if I could record our interview she said yes. So I pressed record and I thought it was recording. She answered my questions. We were done. I thanked her and apologized for being late. I asked for her email incase I had any questions or if I needed her to repeat something for me. So I left and started filling out that sheet Mr. Speckels gave to us and when I tried to play back what I had recorded for my interview I realized it wasn't even recording at all. But hey I remembered a lot, maybe not a lot, but most of what she said. I membered what I really needed to know but because I don't member the other stuff Im going to email her and get the rest of that information. So for those who are reading this this is what I got to say to you. BE PREPARED!!!! If your going to record your interviewee please make sure your recorder is recording. And don't be nervous because its actually easy to interview someone than you think. Who knows the person your interviewing might be very nice and patient with you. Just don't be rude and most importantly don't be late. Thats all for now folks. Hopefully next time Ill be more prepared than I was today. Hope your guys Interview went better than mine did. Thanks for reading. ;P
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it was ver bad that it wasn't recording. it's good that you remember the stuff she said. i don't know why but our interviewee talks alot that, they are proud about the career they have and very confident in their selves. i just found out that you suppose to introduce your self. what do you have to say? i forgot to introduce my self but we knew each other's name. before doing recording i did make sure that my recorder was on. did you took any pictures? you suppose to take pictures off their office. i really forgot tto print the interview sheet and had nothing written down in it.
Girl, I totally feel you! I was pretty nervous when it came to my first interview. I was actually relieved when I read that you started to grow a little bit more confident after seeing your moms friend. It gave me hope. I'm sorry about the unfortunate unrecorded incident. It's a really good thing you remembered a lot. I hope you can keep up a good mentality like that and I wish you the best of luck on your next two interviews!
Well thats good for you keena and thanks for understanding Jessica. Hope you guys do better on your next interviews and that maybe you guys wont make the same mistake I did.
Its unfortunate that you were not able to record it, but hey we all make mistakes and now you learned from it and you will be more than ready for your next two interviews. After reading about this I will double check my methods and strategy for when I do my personal interview.
I advice everyone to double check their methods and strategies.
It sounds like you had a difficult time, but mistakes are made for a reason. You learn from them. Honestly, when dealing with things like this, I think it's BEST to make mistakes. Once you've been through a difficult time, and you handle it, then you know you can handle it time and time again. You know when you first learn to ride a bike? Well, once you've fallen down the first time, you're less afraid to fall again. You learn what to do and what not to do.
Good luck on your next interview, I'm sure it'll be great.
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