How to Develop Interview Questions

Introduction
For the assignment due this week, you will be expected to interview two stakeholders that have a direct connection with your chosen community issue related to your career path. Interviewing is a form of qualitative research in order to gather rich, detailed responses from individuals. Asking the right questions during an interview will help to ensure you gather valuable and beneficial information revealing varying viewpoints from your stakeholders. For this discussion, you will have the opportunity to discuss how to develop effective interview questions.

Initial Post Instructions
After reviewing the Strategies for Qualitative Interviews article, provide responses to the following questions:

Share some of the main components of effective qualitative interview questions based on the Strategiesfor Qualitative Interviews article.

Discuss why it is important to phrase your interview questions as “how” or “why” questions (which are open-ended) versus close-ended questions that result in yes or no responses?

When developing interview questions, what might some considerations to keep in mind to ensure your questions will elicit responses that aid in collecting valuable information?

Then, provide an example of one interview question in the correct format based on your understanding and then share another interview question that is developed incorrectly.