Interview and Observation Experiences

First of all I am going to talk about my interviews. I made my first interview with my classmate Umut Onur (21 years old, male, student) -I recorded it and will post it below- to analyse my questions and asking techniques about a person’s waking up experience. By doing this, I came to a conclusion which shows me that our questions are not enough and interview moves spontaneously. This helped me for my later interviews; I asked right questions with right order and took specific information I need easier. Later on, I interviewed with Ayse Bilic who is a 41 years old working woman. This time I was more experienced and she could give me more detailed information, needs and complaints. Also I saw that different people need different approaches about asking questions and people with an age difference have different problems and needs about waking up in the morning. I saw my mistake about the first interview and I tried not to lead Ms. Bilic with my questions so she could give me more objective answers about our product idea. Last of all, I interviewed with my sister Buse who is a 15 years old student. This difference in age and life style of my interviewees helps me to see things from a wide perspective. All my interviewees have some problems about waking up but in a different way and their reactions to a new product have small differences.

After our project is determined; I was trying to observe myself in mornings and to see what kind of problems I have while waking up. Since our project subject has some biases against a beneficial observation video which will not help any more than interviews, I chose not to do it. Instead, I will upload some photos explaining some of those problems.

My first interview

A photo showing how easy is an alarm to stop.