Reflection Blog from interview

As an interviewer I can tell there are many benefits to having a set of questions prepared for the interview session. During my and Megan's exchange, running out of questions never became an issue, but in the event of a lack of knowledge or interest in the topic of her ring i would have been stuck and miserable trying to devise new questions for something I knew nothing about, all the while on the spot! Luckily our conversation flowed smoothly; my questions always led to follow up questions. I find that talking to people about something they care about can be fun and you learn much about a person through their descriptions of how the obtained the object and what the object means to them. My strength would be in listening to people; body turned toward them focused on the speaker and paraphrasing their sentences to reaffirm I am listening. My weakness could be in remembering to write down all of the details from the interview; and also being observant before the interview begins. My preconceptions did not inhibit my interview any, that I know of. My only preconception lied in thinking Megan was not engaged, and that was cleared up with my first question. Interviewing people is a fun informative way to learn more about people.