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WorksheetsQUIZ: Interview Styles and Structures
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 32mins
What are some of the advantages of in person interviews?
Fast and efficient
Physical surroundings can provide useful information
Builds rapport/relationships with your subject
Gives people time to really ponder their answers instead of putting them on the spot
What are some of the disadvantages of conducting interviews via email? (check all that apply)
There's no personal interaction
The lag time between questions and answers makes it hard to ask follow-up questions
You waste time getting everything set up
There might be distractions around
There could easily be typos, making it more challenging to directly quote them
What's a tip you learned for what to do doing the interview?
How many interview questions are you required to have going into an interview?
5
10
15
20
Your interview questions should be (a) -ended, meaning people can NOT answer with a "yes" or "no."
(a) the record means your source does NOT want you to record or quote them and you cannot print their name - they are telling you something in confidence they don't want to be used in the story.
What are two physical things you should always bring with you to an interview?
What's the first question you should always ask at the beginning of an interview?
What's the last question you ask at the end of the interview?
What is one tip you learned about taking notes during an interview?
Before going into your interview, you need to prepare. Name at least two things you need to do during the preparation phase.
Before asking your first question, it's important you...
ask what they want to talk about
show them a preview of your story and what's written so far
introduce yourself, what you are writing about, and why you are interviewing them
If someone gives a short answer to a question, how could you respond to get them to say more?
In interviews, you have to remember that ________________ is not a bad thing.
lighting
silence
laughter
smiling
What are the 3 types of quotes?
paraphrasing
3rd person quotes
direct quotes
speaker quotes
partial quotes
No matter what type of quote style you are using, it's vital that you _____________ your source.
attribute/cite
ignore
Which type of quote uses the exact words of the speaker?
Paraphrase
Indirect
Direct
Partial
Give one example of a solid open-ended question for this scenario: you're interviewing Patrick Mahomes after he won the Super Bowl.
In a direct quote, which formatting is correct?
"Quote goes here", title speaker said.
"Quote goes here," title speaker said.
"Quote goes here," speaker title said.
"Quote goes here", said title speaker.
"Quote goes here," said title speaker.
What does the term (sic) mean in a quote?
You speaker asked you to remove part of the quote because it wasn't what they meant.
You removed confusing words to clarify the information.
You quoted your speaker exactly and the spelling or grammar error printed is intentional because that's exactly what your speaker said.
