Interview 1

Interview with Drice Bera

 

Me:Hi Drice,How are you?

Drice:Good how are you Zayana?

Me:Good,how was your day today?

Drice:it was good,not too many classes so its good.

Me:so you don’t take classes on Friday?

Drice:yes I do but its only at 1pm so its good.

Me:uhh Drice I have a question

Drice:yes

Me:where do you come from?

Drice:I am from Burundi,which is in east Africa

Me:ok,so why did you come in the US?

Drice:looking for a good education I guess(laughin)

Me:Good!did someone inspired you?either your friends,family,…

Drice:I can say my sister because she come here before me and she told me how was the US and their education so I decided to come and see

Me:ooh that’s nice!so how long have you been in the US?

Drice:humh…two years now

Me:do you like it?

Drice:yes but not the weather but its good,good

Me:the weather is the only problem you have?

Drice:yeah!I think,I am not used to it its not like…you know when I first came it was kind of difficult but now its good

Me:that’s nice,so what is the value of family in your country?

Drice:oh family is very important in my country,uhh some of the values that we really consider is love and respect.we have to love and respect each other in our family and even with other people.

Me:oh that’s nice, what is the most famous food in your country?

Drice:Its called “Imvange” it is the mix of beans and potatoes,it taste really good and its very popular

Me:How do you cook them?do you fry them?or do u steam them?

Drice:Uhh steam,we steam them

Me:sounds good.

Me:As a child what did you wanted to be when you grow up?

Drice:A business woman,that’s my dream

Me:Is there someone who inspired you?

Drice :my Dad,he is a business man and I like what he does,I liked what he did and I said I will follow his steps and do the same things.

Me:What kind of business does your dad do?

Drice:uhh he sells cars,and I like it I mean that’s my dream

Me:So when you gonna graduate what are you going to next?are you gonna stay here do something different,are you going back to your country or you will go in other countries around the world?

Drice:Its depend,since I am doing International Business I can work pretty much all over the world,but It will depend because first I will apply for jobs here and see how it goes if I don’t get one I will go back home and work with my dad

Me:wow,that’s good.

Me:earlier you said your sister encouraged you to come here,how did she manage to do that?

Drice:ok she come here a year before me because she is the older one,she convinced me by telling me that they do teach my major,and she sent me the school pictures,explained me how they teach,and how the learn here in the US.I like it ,she really convinced me and I am glad she did.

Me:oh,ok.thats very good.how long do you have before you graduate?

Drice:uh two years

Me:Oh ok,and how long is your program?

Drice:uh four years

Me:the whole program?

Drice: yes four years

Me:so you done with two years and you still have two more?

Drice:yes

Me:I wish you luck and thank you so much for giving me time to do an interview with you

Drice:you welcome Zayana,it was a pleasure

Me: you have a good day and again I wish you luck and success

Drice:thank you

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GAoU0AkBrpwdjFx2Et5M-od81PMjtyIePWskABhsjdI/edit

Group work

Zayana Katamara
Akroman Donald
Jamaa Abdalle
here is the link:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GAoU0AkBrpwdjFx2Et5M-od81PMjtyIePWskABhsjdI/edit

Challenges and benefit of interviewing an international student or an US student.

Challenges and benefit of interviewing an international student or an US student.

Interviewing an international student or an US student is not easy. It’s not easy because it has many challenges and benefits at the same time. So I am going to cite some of the challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student.

First of all I am going to talk about the culture. Culture is one of the main challenges of interviewing someone. For example in my culture it is very impolite when an older or someone you respect talk to you and you look at him right in the eyes. Or they are some people that you can ask certain questions and the person feels offended or disrespected. Here in US it’s not a problem but back home it is, meaning that it is very hard to know how to do not offend somebody.

The second main reason I can cite is the language issue, So many international students others have languages issues, the person can willing to help you but doesn’t know how to explain because English is not their first language. For example the interviewee wants to explain you how to they sew their traditional clothes or how they cook their food but he can’t explain because he doesn’t know how to call it in English.

The third one is to find an interviewee that feels comfortable to talk to you, International student most of the time they are not open, sometimes you interview someone that doesn’t want to be open to you that makes is harder because you have to convince the person to give you his time so you can process with the interview.

Interviewing International students can have lots of challenges but at the end it has a lot of benefit too, because you learn a lot from your interviewee, like the way they do things and you even gain an experience in interviewing.