Bria's Interview Critique

For our probing interview assignment, I critiqued Bria as she interviewed Nick. During the interview, Bria showed some areas in which she could improve her interviewing abilities. For the most part, however, Bria conducted the interview well and showcased some important interviewing skills. As far as the parts of her interviewing that deserve some attention, I found mainly three areas of weakness. Bria’s opening represents the first of these. She engaged in small talk well, but her transition to the body of the interview was clunky because it felt unnatural in how she brought up something she mentioned earlier. Her second problem lies in the wording of her questions. She used a few open-to-closed switch questions and a few double-barreled