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Interviewing

A practical guide for citizen journalists

Interviewing Quiz 2

This quiz will look at whether your qualities of being outgoing or more reserved can guide you in interviewing.

Once again, keep track of your answers, and we'll give you some insights on what they mean at the end.

1. I find the idea of interviewing someone I don't know:

     A) Exciting, like a conversation with an interesting stranger

     B) Time-consuming and uncomfortable — I'd just as soon look something up on the Web.

     C) Worrisome — I feel I affected people's answers by the way I asked the question.
 

2. When am in a situation with new people, I:

     A) Find it easy to introduce myself.

     B) Am uncomfortable unless someone else introduces me.

     C) Get easily overwhelmed trying to remember new names.
 

3. If I have to arrange to meet someone I don't know, I prefer:

     A) The telephone.

     B) E-mail.

     C) A third-party introduction.
 

4. After I know a lot about a topic, I:

     A) Enjoy finding out additional information on the same subject that I wasn't aware of

     B) Prefer to talk to people with similar opinions

     C) Find it best to stick with what I know. After all, interviewers affect the answers by the way they ask questions, so there's no way to get honest responses.
 

5. If I forget some detail about an event or a person I am writing about, I:

     A) Don't mind calling the person back to check.

     B) Prefer to see if I can find someone else who might remember the information rather than the original person.

     C) Would rather skip over the information or just not include it in a blog or article.
 

See your results

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