Prepared by: Kanti Choudhary Pk Campus, Kathmandu

1. PRESENTATION
ON
CHILD INTERVIEW
METHOD

2. INTERVIEW
The word interview comes from Latin and middle French words meaning to “see
between” or “see each other”.
Generally, an interview means a private meeting between people when questions are
asked and answered. The person who answers the questions of an interview is called in
the interviewer. The person who asks the questions of our interview is called an
interviewer.
According to Gary Dessler, “An interview is a procedure designed to obtain information
from a person’s oral response to oral inquiries.”
 According to Thill and Bovee, “An interview is any planed conversation with a specific
purpose involving two or more people”.

3. According to Dr. S. M. Amunuzzaman, “Interview is a very systematic method by which a
person enters deeply into the life of even a stranger and can bring out needed
information and data for the research purpose.”
In other words, an interview is formal meetings between two people (the interviewer and
the interviewee) where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information,
qualities, attitudes, wishes etc. Form the interviewee.

4. TYPES OF INTERVIEWS
It depends on the objectives of taking the interview.
Personal interviews
Evaluation interviews
Persuasive interviews
Structured interviews
Unstructured interviews
Counseling interviews
Telephone interviews

5. Focused group interview
Depth interview
Projective techniques
Disciplinary interviews
Stress interviews
Public interviews
Informal or conversational interview
General interview guide approach
Standardized or open-ended interview
Closed or fixed-response interview

6. INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
Interview techniques are practices a job seeker uses to improve his face-to-face
meeting with a recruiter or hiring manager. Once you've successfully passed the
preliminary telephone screening, focus on techniques that help you perform well for
an in-person meeting.
Your goal is to convince the recruiter that you're the best candidate for the job.
Individual techniques vary depending on your qualifications, the position you're
interviewing for and even the organizational structure or climate. Do your homework
to prepare for your interview and decide which techniques are most effective for your
particular situation.

7. TYPES OF INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
Presentation
Body language
Background
Attentiveness
Ease

8. INTERVIEW METHOD FOR STUDYING CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
Structured interview
A research producer in which all participants are asked to answer
the same questions.
Clinical interview
A procedure in which questions are adjusted in accord with
answers the interviewee provides.

9. INTERVIEWING CHILDREN
Choosing an appropriate questions
Confidentiality
Developmental Stages and Interviewing Techniques
The Interview setting
Beginning the Interview
Age appropriate Interviewing Techniques and Games

10. Age Appropriate:
Infants
2 to 5 years old
6 to 9 years old
10 to 13 years old
Teens
Synthesizing the Information

11. THE CHILD INTERVIEW (PRACTICE
GUIDELINES)
Rapport building and developmental assessment Setting
 Information gathering of Set the basic rules
What you must not do?
Closing the interview very important

12. ADVANTAGES OF INTERVIEW METHOD
Data from interview are usable
Depth of response can be sure
In an exploratory study, the interview technique provides basis for the
formulation of questionnaire.
Clarification is possible
No items are overlooked
Higher proportion of responses is obtained
Greater amount of flexibility is allowed

13. DISADVANTAGES OF INTERVIEW METHOD
Costly
Time element
Biases may result
Lack of Anonymity
Necessity for callbacks

14. Presented by:
Kanti Choudhary