Conducting your Interview

During your interview of a bank manager or financial planner, please ask the following questions. Aside from these questions, you are welcome to ask questions that you determine to be appropriate. If you ask additional questions, be sure to include them in your report. These questions and the answers that the interview provides must be documented and sent to the instructor as part of Activity 5.1.

1. What are the implications of having either a positive or negative credit history? (Ask for specific examples).


2. What would constitute a responsible use of credit?

3. What are three (or more) inappropriate uses of credit?

4. When selecting a credit card, what factors should one consider?


HOW TO SET UP YOUR INTERVIEW:

It is suggested that you call or personally visit a bank manager or financial planner prior to the interview. Introduce yourself and describe to them this task that you have been given. You may want to offer to give them a copy of the questions that you intend to ask. Doing so may help the person being interviewed give you more thorough answers and make the interview go more efficiently.

HOW TO RECORD THE INFORMATION:

There are a variety of methods that you can use to collect and record the answers that you will receive. One method would be to paraphrase (put into your words) what the responses to the questions were. A second method would be to record the answers verbatim (exact words). To do this you may even ask that you be allowed to record the interview.

ACTIVITY 5.1 REQUIREMENTS

1) You must submit to the instructor all of the questions that you asked and the responses that you received. Again, these answers may be a summary that you write or the exact words that were said. Also list the month, day, and time of day, that the interview took place.

2) In addition to the question and answer, you must submit the following information about the person that you interviewed:

a. Name
b. Company they work for
c. Address
d. Phone number
e. E-mail address (if possible)

(A business card or copy of one will also suffice for this requirement.)

 


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