My Third Interview

My Third Interview

Interviewer: Yue Wang

Interviewee: John

Preparation of interview

             My preparation for the third 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. Although the handouts have been used for last interviewee, I didn’t write down anything on handouts and it still looks new. 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. Actually, my questions for the interview are full enough, and the time for the interview is to be calculated accurately. John is American who was found from SCSU. He is a  nice person who help me to finish my interview.


Interview report
My third interviewee is John who comes from America. He is a student in SCSU. We met each other in library’s café shop on 2pm 1st April. Before I went there on time, I bought some his favorite Ice cream from DQ. It should make interviewee feel relax like staying home. Then we found a good place without noisy to take interview. Firstly, I gave him a list of questions for preview. In my opinion, preview for the question is really possible because it makes interviewee feel concrete and exercisable for the following interview. I also asked him “Are there some questions that can’t be asked in this list of questions”? He told me he felt enjoyed and relaxed about the interview. Secondly, I started from some simple and random questions. I thought this should make interviewee feel comfortable. Thirdly, I also used my cell phone to record the entire interview. I didn’t spend much time on transcribe notes because I don’t want the interviewee to wait for me. I just write down some key words.

Country report
                                                             
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               "The United States of America (also called the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean".

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               "The land area of the contiguous United States is approximately 1,900 million acres (7,700,000 km²). Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States by Canada, is the largest state at 365 million acres (1,480,000 km²). Hawaii, occupying an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America, has just over 4 million acres (16,000 km²). The United States is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area (land and water), ranking behind Russia and Canada and just above or below China. The ranking varies depending on how two territories disputed by China and India are counted and how the total size of the United States is measured: calculations range from 3,676,486 square miles (9,522,055 km² ) to 3,717,813 square miles (9,629,091 km²) to 3,794,101 square miles (9,826,676 km²). Including only land area, the United States is third in size behind Russia and China, just ahead of Canada. "

             " American public education is operated by state and local governments, regulated by the United States Department of Education through restrictions on federal grants. Children are required in most states to attend school from the age of six or seven until they turn eighteen; some states allow students to leave school at sixteen or seventeen. About 12% of children are enrolled in parochial or nonsectarian private schools. Just over 2% of children are homeschooled.

The United States has many competitive private and public institution of higher education. According to prominent international rankings, 13 or 15 American colleges and universities are ranked among the top 20 in the world. There are also local community colleges with generally more open admission policies, shorter academic programs, and lower tuition. Of Americans twenty-five and older, 84.6% graduated from high school, 52.6% attended some college, 27.2% earned a bachelor's degree, and 9.6% earned graduate degrees. The basic literacy rate is approximately 99%. The United Nations assigns the United States an Education Index of 0.97, tying it for 12th in the world."

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

Transcript:

Me: Hi, Tom, How’s going？

John: good, Carla, how was your puppy?

Me: She’s good and happy everyday. But sometimes she is crazy to jump and run. I am not sure she is a girl.

John: haha, the little puppy always likes that. En~ maybe she grows up little, she will become quiet.

Me: ok, where were you born?

John: saint Cloud

Me: what do you think of St Cloud?

John: It is quiet and peace city, and it is good for retired people to live.

Me: haha, that’s right. Let me ask you the first question, what could SCSU do to make you stay on campus better?

John: umm, I think they cloud have more online classes and more parking places.

Me: My second interviewee has the same opinion with you. The parking places. I agree with you because now I have a car and I should find parking place , I always late to go to class.

John: right.

Me: Do you always eat gravy?

John: no

Me: why don’t you always eat gravy?
John: I didn’t like that food. And I also need to work other place so I don’t have time to eat.

Me: what kind of food do you like?

John: anyway. I’m not care.

Me: I always eat in Gravy. Could you introduce some good American food for me?

John: of course. Taxes house is steak house, it is very nice. You can eat American steaks.

Me: oh~ haha. I really like eating steaks. American steaks are different from Chinese steaks. Because Chinese steaks are sweet and meat is not good.

John: really?

Me: yep. What kinds of sports do you like?

John: football. It is famous in American.

Me: do you always watch games with your friends?

John: yes, my friends like watching games with me. we also enjoy it.

Me: what is your favorite football team?

John: Dallas Cowboys

Me: oh, good!

Me: Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?

John: No, I don’t have…..

Me: are you religious?

John: I am not at all.

Me: what religious holidays or other culture events do you or other celebrate?

John: Christmas. We celebrate Christmas. And I think Easter is pretty big holiday if you are religious. We also celebrate with our family. The family also is big number.

Me: what do you do in your daily life?

John: I finish the class and I need to work. Or on Friday night, I also have party with my friends.

Me: wow, that’s really interesting. If you have party, please invent me!

John: ok, I need to work, so …..

Me: ok, thank you so much my friend!

John: you are very welcome!