Although the chosen interview candidate had to be someone I rarely or do not even know, I feel made things that little bit more exciting as I could overall reflect and identify any similarities between them and myself. Using the interview question, 'What object do people treasure the most? Why?..... I then developed this into 9 related questions to get the most out of my candidate as possible.
1 - What is it?
2 - What does it look like?
3 - What does it do?
4 - Who do you trust with it?
5 - Who got you it?
6 - where did you get it?
7 - When did you get it?
8 - Why is it most valuable to you?
9 - Why do you have it?
Firstly, I recorded the answers I would have written if being asked the question and the results are as follows:
1 - My Volkswagen polo
2 - It is a silver 08 Volkswagen polo MATCH with 3 doors, alloy wheels and slightly tinted windows.
3 - Its get me from point A to point B/ drives
4 - I only trust my family with the car
5 - My father got me it
6 - I got it at the Arnold Clark dealership on Crow Road in Glasgow
7 - I got it in Summer 2009
8 - It is most valuable to me as it is the most expensive thing I own and if I ever damaged it or lost it etc, my dad would probably kill me.
9 - I have it to travel around places, to get to work and to get me from Glasgow to Dundee
MIND MAP:
I then chose to interview a guy on my flatmates course Adam and his answers are as follows.
1 - His old guitar
2 - It is a 'Woods of Bolton' sanded classical guitar
3 - It plays the most 'beautiful music ever' and makes him very happy inside
4 - He only trust those who are capable of playing a guitar well
5 - It used to be his dads guitar before it was passed down
6 - Found it in the attic
7 - Got it when he was 10 years of age
8 - It is most valuable as it has been more of an education adventure as his dad has taught him things on it and it is not the most pricey guitar in the world which also makes it special.
9 - It makes him happy. He also keeps ahold of it as the songs he has played on it reminds him of certain/ special memories.
Adam's answers came to a shock to me as a few of them had a more personal and emotional meaning. For example, question 3 makes me think that his guitar is a very well made classical guitar,... but that might not necessarily be true. He identified before that the guitar was a very old beaten up guitar the he personally sanded it to make it his own. The sound from it may be the most horrific sound ever!!... but the fact that it is his and he has personalized it to be his own might make the 'most beautiful music ever' in his eyes only.
The idea the guitar was passed down from his dad presents that it may be a family air lume. The guitar creates a connection and family bond as each member passes it down as well as teaching songs along with it.
Finally, the excitement Adam gets when he plays it, I feel, is the most important aspect to consider. The songs he plays and learns, reminds him of certain times and happy memories he will hold on to forever.
Lastly, the
Overall, I feel my interviewing technique worked well due to the structure in which I wrote and asked the questions. My candidate never felt under pressure whilst being asked the questions, which I hope made my interview very calmed and relaxed. I most definitely will be using this strategy to develop my design work in the very near future.
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