Do You Fancy An Interview?
I chanced upon this fun exercise a few weeks ago, and I jumped in immediately:
http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/01/18/the-great-interview-experiment/
What I liked about it is that you are interviewed by the person immediately ahead of you in the list of comments, and you interview the person immediately behind you, there is no complicated selection, you are where you are in the queue and you are talking to the person next to you. In other words, totally random.
It was my turn to interview Ingrid from ‘ice cream is nice cream‘.
My questions are further down this post, but Ingrid’s replies are here, under ‘the great interview experiment: gaze at my navel’ (her title!).
I feel that the material belongs to her, so I am not using it here. She is a talented young woman, and she has turned the exercise into a brilliant piece. Not only is she a very fast player (my God, the ink in the questions was hardly dry that she had already completed all the answers!!!), she also writes beautifully and she is full of verve, with a lively style. Enjoy!
Here is my list of questions. Feel free to use them, or perhaps try and answer them privately.
1. Your blog posts seem to embrace many different topics and styles. Tell us: What makes you tick in life?
2. How long have you been blogging? How did it happen?
3. You describe yourself as an impatient kind of person. Are your referring to specific cases?
4. Could you share with us how you write your posts?
5. If you could see yourself let’s say 5 years from now, would you still express your creativity by blogging?
6. Are you trying to achieve something specific through your blog, or is it purely for fun?
7. Do you feel your blog reflects your true personality?
8. Do you share your blog? Do you advertise it at all?
9. Has blogging changed you in any way?
10.Would you encourage anyone to blog?
I suppose I should start by answering my own questions…
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February 11th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I’m here! I promise I haven’t forgot you.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Hehe Sarah, I didn’t mean to offend you! Thanks for responding so fast, we are all so busy, aren’t we?
February 11th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I have been busy, but I was also sort of waiting for my own interview to take place to see how this all works.
I’m still not sure what exactly I do next, but sorry I took so long. I guess let me know when you have completed. Here are your questions:
1. You seem to really enjoy your profession, but if you could go back to school and start over, would you choose the same or something else?
2. In your opinion, what is the best thing about France? (as in what MUST a visitor do while traveling there)
3. How has blogging impacted your life?
4. What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years?
5. What is your favorite travel destination and why?
6. Are you the same person online as in person? How do you differ?
7. (stealing this question from my own interview) What is the strangest job you have ever had?
8. Have you ever been paid for any of your blog posts? If so, did you contact the advertiser, or did they contact you?
9. What are you most proud of?
10. Do you edit or proofread your blog before posting? Why or why not?
February 11th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Hi Nadine,
You made it easy.
Thank you for your kind words and the great questions.
Ingrid