Today, I was conducting my 3rd actual interview! As mentioned in the previous post, my first interview didn't go to well--it didn't "go" at all--and had to be postponed till next week Tuesday. However, my second interview, conducted on Wednesday at 11am in front of Bale was successful. My participant and I had a great conversation or interview over lunch. I successfully took down notes and recorded and SAVED the interview on the digital voice recorder. The interview lasted an hour and got some very interesting insights from my interviewee. I had learned a different perspective on viewing human capital/resource for the island nation of Palau. While I was usually thinking about Micronesian students serving the needs of the island, such as providing services and creating private businesses that can potentially produce more jobs, among other aspects, I had not realized that students or Palauans returning home can also help the businesses running because there's customers and consumers of these services being provided! So this was one important idea I had never looked into!
So....my second interview went pretty well...AND THEN COMES THURSDAY.
I meet with my interviewee and we finally settle at Paradise Palms to conduct our interview! I learned from my previous two interviews to better prepare, have my phone charged, contact my interviewee hours before our interview to confirm, papers and memo book set, recorded turned ON and recording! The interview lasted a little over 30 minutes and I gratefully concluded the interviewing understanding that my interviewee had mentioned he needs to run errands after our interview. AND THEN I press the wrong button on the recorder and the whole interview was not saved! I immediately feel sick to my stomach and didn't know whether I should tell my interviewee or not! I had thought maybe it automatically saves your data, like Gmail that automatically saves drafts of your composed e-mails. So I relaxed a bit and thanked my interviewee before we went our separate ways. I head to class but then I take out the recorder from my bag, stopping in my steps to check. MY INTERVIEW DID NOT SAVE! This was a stupid mistake.
So, just a few moments ago from now, I had to type in my notes and whatever I can still remember from the interview on a Word document. I really thought today's interview would go as smoothly as possible because I've learned from previous interviews! I really home my remaining 3rd, which was actually the failed 1st interview that didn't even take place, will go great. We'll see....
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