My second interview

My Second interview

interviewer: Yue Wang

inreviewee: Atteih

Preparation of interview

        My preparation for the second interview looks similar because I have finished preparing the entire fourteen questions in class. Before the interview, I have printed two pages of questions. One is for me, the other one is for interviewee. I started to review each question, and consider which two questions can be connected naturally because I want to seriate all questions that make interviewee feel comfortable to be asked. In addition, I estimate the time that to be used in interview. I thought the time of interview can’t be very short, so I need to prepare counter plan. I also prepared some another questions about personal life. My interviewee was from Saudi Arabia as well, and his name is Atteih. He is a good boy because he always help me when I have a problem in daily life.  I like his style of his daily life. because he always can do his favorite things, and he never care other's mind.He really enjoyed doing some sports. He told me he played football in his own country. Football is a really famous and popular sport in his country.

Interview  Report
      The second interview is better than first interview because I didn't feel nervous. Atteih is my best international friend who is my IEC classmate in the USA. Later I asked him to introduce a Saudi Arabia  for me to carry out the second Interview.Actually, Atteith who is the boy in my second interview, and we already know each other because we had party or class during summertime. I contacted him on face book, and leave a message to his about interview. Later, he really interested about this interview and replied to help me finish my work. We decided to meet in school library at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Before the interview, I stayed in my home to review all the questions that I need to ask. Then I went there on time, and meet him for interview. Then I gave him the list of questions that I have prepared. I hope he was able to have a preview about the questions. He was really happy when he saw some questions. He told me there are some questions that really interesting. after that I told him that I would record the whole interview by my cell phone and make sure about his agreement. I started the interview from simple questions. I thought this may be make him feel in relax and informal condition.


Country Report
         

Saudi Arabia is the largest state in Western Asian by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, And the second-largest in the Arab world after Algeria It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Red Sea lies to its west, and the Persian Gulf lies to the northeast. Saudi Arabia has an area of approximately 2,149,690 km² (830,000 sq mi), and it has an estimated population of 27 million, of which 8.8 million are registered foreign expatriates and an estimated 1.5 million are illegal immigrants. Saudi nationals comprise an estimated 16 million people.

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Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg

Geography:
Saudi Arabia occupies about 80 percent of the Arabian Peninsula lying between latitudes 16°and 33° N, and longitudes 34°and 56° E. Because the country's southern borders with the United Arab Emirates and Oman are not precisely defined or marked, the exact size of the country remains unknown The CIA World estimate is 2,149,690 km² (830,000 sq mi) and lists Saudi Arabia as the world's 13th largest state.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia#Geography

Religon:

There are about 25 million people who are Muslim, or 97% of the total population Data for Saudi Arabia comes primarily from general population surveys, which are less reliable than censuses or large-scale demographic and health surveys for estimating minority-majority ratios. About 85–90% of Saudis are Sunni, while Shias represent around 10–15% of the Muslim population. The official and dominant form of Sunni Islam in Saudi Arabia is commonly known as Wahhabism unded in the Arabian peninsular by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhabin the eighteenth century, is often described as 'puritanical', 'intolerant' or 'ultra-conservative'. However, proponents consider that its teachings seek to purify the practise of Islam of any innovations or practices that deviate from the seventh-century teachings of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and his companions.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia#Religion

Transcript:

Me: Hi, Atteih. Long time no see. How do you feel today?

Atteih: Hi Yue. I am good and interested to join your interview.

Me: Thanks a lot, can you introduce yourself please?

Atteih: haha, I don’t want coz you already know me friend.

Me: Atteih, you are so fun. Ok, first question is why did you decide to come to SCSU instead of studying or working in your own country?

Atteih: Um.. I like the life America. It’s a freedom country before I came here when I knew it. I can wear special clothes that I dare to wear in my country. I can talk with others through different address. You know, in my country, I must use respective address for some people who are older than me. Although it is a traditional culture in my country, I really don’t want to do that. When I came to this school, I studied in Intensive English Center, I was able to made friends with people who were from different countries. That’s awesome!

Me: Yup, same as me. I appreciated god that I meet you here. Haha. Do you miss your home here?

Atteih: yeah! Really really… I missed my home.

Me: I don’t think so you miss your home, haha, just kidding.

Atteih: Yue are so bed, haha, the same you, just kidding.

Me: ok, Is there a policy about limitation of children about a family in your country?

Atteih: No, we never have, so I have some sisters and some brothers.

Me: wow, in China, we just have one child on our families.

Atteih: oh, really?

Me: yes, Atteih, What’s your opinion of the America diet?

Atteih: The climate in my country is not cold like Minnesota. Compare to here, it’s too cold to go outside in winter. I just wanna stay warm in my room in winter. However, we can a lot of thing for fun in winter; I still wanna go outside. For example, we can go ice-skating in winter. In summer, the weather is so good, but doesn’t have high temperature like here. and I am think about Minnesota almost have two seasons one year. Spring and Fall is too short, and winter is too long. Haha.

Me: ye, I agree with you. In the winter, we can not walk outside, it is really cold.

Atteih: ye.

Me: Do you know at what age do men and women spend private time and at what age do they consider marriage?

Atteih: In my country, we didn’t care marriage. I think for men, the age of getting married is around 30 year old; for women is at the age of 28.

Me: ok, what’s kind of spots are the most famous in your country?

Atteih: Football, no, that is called soccer! Soccer is the most famous in my country.

Me: do you always play it?

Atteih: of cause, I always play with my friend.

Me: you didn't bring me go there to watch game. I feel so sad.

Atteih: Yue maybe next time I will bring you go there.

Me: what could SCSU do to make you stay on campus better?

\Atteih：making school parking place better because I always drive my car to go to school. There are no parking places for students to park. So I always go to class late. That is not too good.

Me: ye, before I bought car, I didn't know this problem, but now I know it.

Atteih: so you agree with me?

Me: haha

Me: oh, time is finished so far, Attieh, thank you very much.

Atteih: you are very welcome.