1. Why are the first minutes of an interview so important? Because they shape the entire interview. They tell you what to expect about the topics and the interviews in question. It creates a first impression and confidence between the participant and the interviewer. 
2. List out the “breaking the ice” items on pages 3 and 4 in your own words. 
   • Introduce yourself and thanks the interviewee for participate on the interview
   • Give your contact information where you can be easily contacted, a business card if any to show professionalism.
   • Explain the role of the position of interest briefly. 
   • Highlight the qualifications and why the interviewee was selected for the position. 
   • Explain the flow of the interview including topics and highlight that there will be questions but  he/she should feel free to ask for clarifications if any doubts.
   • If recording the interview explain why and how it will be used. 
   • Explain that he/she is free to withdraw consent for sharing recordings at any moment without retaliation.
   • Explain they could make changes to the interview if wanted
   • Show support to the interviewee

3. Where do you stand on the debate between neutrality and friendliness in interviewing? Why? I will stand neutral because it could compromise the outcome of the interview and this should be noted to participants. 
4. Briefly describe, in your own words, each of the steps in the “conducting an interview section”
   1. The order of questions: it is important to start the interview with soft smooth questions, complex and confronting questions should be left for the middle or end of the interview to avoid upsetting the participant and to avoid negative impact on their responses. Always think about the question before the interview to make sure it is really relevant to the study.  Always using open-ended questions. 
   2. Do not interrupt: cutting the idea of the interviewee may lead to miss important information and its uncomfortable because interrupts the flow of the interview. The interview should be conducted with time enough to allow the interviewee to express their ideas.  
   3. What questions to ask: The questions should cover not be limited to but cover the topic completely. The interview should be open to all their possibilities and most important without interrupting the flow to assure quality. You could always reach back to the interviewee to clarify on questions left out during the meeting and you consider important. 
   4. Probing: it is important to follow up adequately to the answers the interviewee provides. Explain the expectation is a must when reaching out to an interviewee or prior to begin the interview. It is necessary that the interviewee clarify, reflect and expand  the answer given, this could be accomplished by connecting with examples. Active listening is important in this point. 
   5. Keeping the discussion going: The open-ended questions are important and and following up when she answer is unfinished is important as well. When the interviewee is unsure the interviewer should improvise and give ideas or examples that reflects on the topic or question asked. Also when sensitive or complex ideas are laid as topics 
   6. Concluding the interview: it is important to make sure that all concerns or doubts are clarified. Also it is important to ask permission to follow up if necessary, if payment was offered this is the perfect time to give it. Lastly but not least thank the participant for the time given.  
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6. When are follow up interviews useful? When there are gaps on the interview or the topic is very long it is necessarily to follow up and specially when there is more information to find out. 
7. Why is it important to be careful when disclosing information about yourself? Every interview is different while there are times where own experience is not necessarily or appropriate to be disclosed or shared there is also the farce “no intimacy without reciprocity” there is the terms empathetic interviewing where your personal experience may reflect on the participants, its all about a matter of assessing the situation and deciding.  
8. What are the strengths and weaknesses of interviewing virtually/over the phone This allows the interviewer to get a sense of the interviewee in terms of living or working environment and their context, how are they coping with the current situation and how they respond to non-verbal cues. It is also more convenient  and cheap in terms of travel time and logistical settings. A disadvantage may be interruptions, the interviewee may feel judge because of the home settings arrangements 
9. What do you do if someone is wary of signing a consent form or having themselves recorded? I will try to reassure and give security to that participant by saying that this concept can be revoked at any time, that he/ she could have access to the recording prior it is released and add out take out information as he/she feels relevant. And explain the purpose of the recordings in detail. If the participant refuses after that action then I will think it is some other issue happening and will try to help resolving it by getting the appropriate help. 
10. What do you do if you feel insecure in an interviewing situation? I will think on trying a different approach such as phone, email, Skype, zoom to avoid the actual danger. Also partner up with one or more interviewers to conduct a group interview if possible. Give details about the location setting and environment I will be in for a just in case situation
11. What are three reasons why someone might be uncommunicative? When the participant is not understanding the questions, when there is a language conflict, or there is a disability present.
12. What are some ways you can “turn an interview around”? if is possible try and eliminate the stumbling blocks for the next round of interviews, revisit the topics and your style to check for improvements, assess yourself and your preparations for the interview, among other techniques. 
13. Why is considering positionality important? Why do you need to be sensitive to identity and position? Provide a sentence or two about each identity:
    • Race the fact that being of different skin color implicated a challenge because the participant may feel treated differently for that fact. I have known cases where the participant is rejected because of the nationality and race, for not being part of the same religious group also affects in the same level. It is important tho let the participant know that the interview doesn’t correlate with the skin color of any the participants. 
    • Indigenous communities there is no doubts about the exclusion of this community on all the benefits existent in the country for many reasons ever since before independence. They get suspicious about questions asked coming from an outsider to the point that they see it as fraught. The reason may be the miss explanation of the purpose and the miss information. I believe there is a way to change concepts by giving more details and respect to our different communities .   
    • Sexual orientation there is a big issue with discrimination against people considering theirselves to be different in terms of gender and sexual orientation. It is consider more of an insult as per my experience inquire about GLBT community without a specific purpose of to try to know about them from an outsider perspective because for a long time they were taken away from their rights and treated more as sick individuals who disrespect the community with their sexual orientation. 
    • Disability It is seen as challenging and necessarily limited to people with disability to conduct research on other people with disabilities because they are the only ones capable of understanding what they going though. Some exceptions are people without disabilities who have study disabilities behaviors and advocates of disability rights. 
    • Language This is a matter of giving voice to immigrants and making their experiences noted. The interviews should be conducted in the native language of the participants and let them know clearly the purpose. It is preferable that bilingual researches are involves because a lot is left out when translating to Spanish in my experience. I am talking from my point of view because recently my father went through surgery and even though I am his official translator we opted for one hired by the hospital and from my point of understanding I noticed few important points on the information given was left out.     
    • Elites since they have power over desertion making they expect you to comply with them and normally they will give only information they feel relevant and may disrupt the flow of interview. 
    • Disadvantage and Marginalization they can give brief responses and lower the expectations of the interview. They could limit the answers given because they feel less or appear ignorant in front of the interview. It is important to five them confidence and let them express their believes and opinions  freely to make them feel secure.