Reflections on Day One Interviewing Session

Day One Question: "How did you become a Computer Scientist?" (unstructured interview)

I had not realised how much skill there is in interviewing
It was difficult without having time to prepare - need good prep., good “cheat notes”
Not sure what we were meant to find out
Acute, good listening skills
Concentrating on what the answer was
It’s good to have someone with you … to catch what you miss
“I already had the pattern” (of a set of interesting questions)
Fomative … could get trends
Handy to have a third person who wasn’t directly involved to resolve disagreements
Useful to have a human time keeper
When you’re in the middle … you lose the overall idea of the interview. Observer useful for that.