Types of Interview

Question 1

man’s oldest and most often used device to obtain info
- face-to-face situation in which one person, the interview, asks a person being interviewed, the respondent, questions

Answer 1

INTERVIEW

Question 2

their sequence and their wordings are fixed

Answer 2

• Structured

Question 3

made up by a set of carefully prepared and logically ordered questions

Answer 3

interview schedule

Question 4

flexible and open; wordings, content, etc.. are up to the interviewer;
makes use of interview guide- listing of topics that will be taken up during the interview

Answer 4

• Unstructured

Question 5

formal interview; not allowed to change the specific wordings of the questions in the interview schedule.

Answer 5

• Standardized

Question 6

freedom to develop each interview in the most appropriate manner for each situation.

Answer 6

• Non-standardized interview

Question 7

ask a number of specific major questions, and beyond these he is free to probe as he chooses

Answer 7

• Semi-standardized interview

Question 8

• also called as depth interview. The interview is focused on specific topics that are to be investigated in depth

Answer 8

• Focused interview

Question 9

• subject is encouraged to express his feelings without fear of disapproval; the interviewee does most of the talking

Answer 9

• Non- directive interview