Interviews case study questions

Interviewers sometimes ask situational or case study questions that test critical thinking skills. When faced with one of these questions, the best advice is to think of an approach to solving a problem rather than trying to devise an answer. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions Instead, an interviewer is simply trying to see how you analyze the situation. 

As with all types of questions, the best way to handle case study questions is to be prepared. Talk to the counselors at your college career center or speak with a friend who has case interview experience. There are also a number of good books written on the subject. If you feel you need more practice with this type of question, get a copy of one of these titles ... 

In addition to case studies, a course journal has also been an effective tool. Students were asked to complete problems related to basic chemistry topics and internet resources in the journal. For example, end-of-chapter problems in the textbook12 were often assigned and completed in the journal. Students were also asked to record comments and questions related to course materials and to maintain a project log. Specifically, journal entries included responses to and analysis of internet resources, responses to and analysis of lecture material, critical responses to periodical articles and government documents, project ideas, and project progress including data, interviews, and event logs. The journals were collected at least one time during the quarter and at the end of the quarter. 

We are addressing these questions through a case study of the Commission s scientific committee, which, more than others, has chemical risks on its agenda -the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER).2 This study is based partly on official documents produced by the Commission and SCHER (including protocols and rules of procedure ) and partly on interviews... 

The RNNP case study is using a more traditional interview method, called semi structured. Semi structured means that the interviews are less structured as an questionnaire, but more structured than a free conversation on one topic. The interviewers use an interview guide hsting topics they want to talk about. For each topic there are some central questions. 

RNNP is a biyearly investigation carried out by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The investigation uses input from statistics, questionnaires and interviews to give and present a picture of the overall risk in the petroleum industry. This case study covers the qualitative part of the investigation. Around 20 persons, all with central HSE positions, were interviewed most of them members of a safety forum dealing with HSE questions within the petroleum industry. The... 

Analyses of interviews were conducted based on the principles of grounded methodology (Strauss and Corbin, 1998) and case study research (Yin, 1989 Stake, 1995). The paper reports from an explorative smdy with a mainly qualitative approach. We have first and foremost relied on in-depth studies, with relatively few cases and informants, rather than quantitative analyses of representative samples. It should also be noticed that we have substantive work experience with the two industries in question, to the level that we have been interacting with several of the interviewees on previous occasion. A conventional understanding is that the researcher should be neutral and distant from... 

As an approach to inquire into future trends in apparel PD, the author interviewed Dr Mike Fralix (Figure 2.9), an industry consultant and the CEO/President of Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation or [TC], based in Cary, North Carolina. In addition, the author questioned how technology leaders envisioned the future of apparel PD during the interview process to develop the case studies in Section 2.9. 

This chapter considers practitioner responses to parenting and child welfare in the context of drug problems. The increased vulnerabilities of these children and the statutory framework around child protection merits a closer consideration of the ways in which practitioners think about such cases. The key question that informs this discussion is why had so few of the children described in this study been the subject of investigation The interviews with parents, with their children and with grandparents, all indicated... 

Most of the studies cited above have included a case control design with parental occupational data extracted from birth or death certificates, or obtained during an interview with the parents. In view of the poor approximation of the exposure status provided by an occupational title and/or the employment industry, and as specific exposures have been identified by questioning the parents, but neither validated regarding quantity nor quality, the findings must be interpreted as an epidemiological association rather than be... 

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