Dear Dr. Phoebe,
I conducted my first interview today – and it went badly. My project assesses the 2008 NHS reform and involves interviewing many of the key decision-makers from that period. I started with former Secretary of State for Health, Alistair Carrington, who agreed to meet me in the House of Commons. The interview didn’t go as expected, and now that the word has gotten out, no one wants to talk to me. Maybe I took the wrong approach. I’ve attached an excerpt from the transcript – maybe you could look at and tell me where it all went wrong?
Desperate in Docklands,
Sam Bookantiqua, E16
# Interview Transcript
Sam Bookantiqua: SB
Alistair Carrington: AC
SB: Very nice to meet you Mr. Carrington. I’d like to start the interview with a couple of demographic questions. Is that ok?
AC: Yes.
SB: Alistair Carrington, what is your name?
AC: Alistair Carrington.
SB: What’s your gender?
AC: I would have hoped this was obvious but… why don’t you try to guess.