Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

Good communication leads to better understanding and amazing interviews. 

Please copy these questions and answer them in your own blog. Attach a link to your video or sound file (at least 5 minutes of what you feel is your best portion). As usual, you'll want an appropriate image to lead this.  


1. What is the most important things that I learned form the interview?

• I learned several important things in from the interview with Officer Cooper. Something that stuck with me throughout the whole interview is how passionate he is when answering all the questions that I asked him. From that I learned that in order to be successful one must love their career and be willing to do anything that is necessary. Officer Cooper has a lot of heart and motivation to what he does. I also learned to always expect the unexpected and everyday one will learn something new. Officer Cooper told me that everyday he works and goes home he leaves with learning something new that will benefit him and prepare him for future incidents or events that may come his way. 
• In order to cope with stress one must keep a clear mind and always reflect back on all the training and hard work that was done in preparation for the real thing. There are many officers who will lose their heads because they cannot deal with the amount of stress they are exposed to. But there will always be those officers who will help their partners in any way possible. In this type of career no one is alone because there will always be that one person who has your back no matter what. It is like a family that one builds over time because you are constantly working with them and completing several tasks with them. 

2. How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?

• Over the course of the interviews for my senior project I believe that I have improved in the way I the questions that I have, I communicate better, I will ask follow up questions if necessary, I am a bit less shy. Having good communication or bettering my communication skills throughout the interviews has made my interviews flow smoothly from one question to the other and actually be able to comprehend what the interviewee is saying when he/she is answering my questions. A smooth flow is very important because it makes the interview sound  and look more professional and there will be no awkward pauses. As I do more interviews with different people I will learn more and improve on interviewing people better. 

Learning is food for the brain.

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The text of this interview should be turned in to turnitin.com. A verification form for Interview 3 can be printed out from the Senior Project Packet link on the side of the blog. Do not forget to justify your mentor as an expert in your specific topic.