Abstract
A great deal of research focuses on the importance of effective interviewing skills across professions and interpersonal settings. This activity, based on “speed dating,” is designed to improve students’ interviewing skills. Specifically, the activity develops listening and probing skills by having students conduct mini interviews without preparation. The lack of preparation forces students to rely only on their listening and probing skills instead of an interview protocol. To increase difficulty, the questions can be tailored to employment or internship interviews to help the interviewees prepare while their partners practice listening and asking probing questions. This activity can also be modified to help students work on basic conversation skills in a variety of communication courses.
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Arendt, Colleen
(2014)
"Improving Interviewing and Conversational Skills using "Speed Interviewing","
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD: Vol. 1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/discoursejournal/vol1/iss1/13
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