Vermont Rural Partnership LEARNING IN PLACE UNIT Human Geography Project Steve.Niederhauser, Thetford Academy ASSESSING THE INTERVIEW Date _________ Title of Project _________________________________ Team Interviewer(s) ____________________________________ Person Interviewed _______________________ Place and Date of Interview ________________________________ 1) Did you receive all the information you needed from the subject? If not, why not? 2) Are the subject’s responses clearly audible on your tape? If not, why not? 3) What pre-interview research did you do and how was it helpful or not helpful? 4) Was your subject comfortable being interviewed? If not, why not and what could you have done to make he or she more comfortable? 5) Was the interview too long or too short? If so, how come? 6) Did you stick to your prepared questions or did you follow up on new subjects your subject brought up? 7) If you could do the interview over again, what would you do differently? (over) 8) Did you write the subject a thank-you card? 9) Did you get a written release from your subject? 10) Please make a few general comments about the interview. Did you have fun? How do you think the interview affects your relationship with the community? Had you already known the subject? Etc.