Tips for Conducting Personal Interviews with Local Businesses
- Research the business and the person you are interviewing before the interview
- Create open-ended questions to ask
- Stay on the topic but allow time to ask follow-up questions
- Take detailed notes or record the interview
- Send a thank-you note or email after the interview
- Properly cite the information you learned in the interview:
A personal interview, whether in person, online, or via email, is considered personal communication and should be cited in-text, but does not require a citation in your reference list.
(First Initial. Last Name, personal communication, Month Day, Year).
Example:
(H. Smith, personal communication, May 08, 2020)
