Mentors are deployed in schools for a period of 1 year after a rigorous recruitment process which includes oral, written and practical interviews.
The reasons for this are primarily practical: interviews focusing on the first semester of the course sequence (offered in the Fall) were conducted over winter break or at the start of the Spring term, when the course was still fresh in the students' minds.
There was not a systematic analysis of scientific advice and policy-makers did not know what questions to ask… The Wadge Report was a perfect example of that: no one took any notice because it was not translated into practical advice (interview, UK government official, 2 October 2012).
Seven of the interviews took place in the informants' homes; three were for practical reasons interviewed in the hospital and one by telephone.
David Zulawski and Douglas Wicklander's "Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation" (1992) asserts that a liar's movements tend to be "jerky and abrupt" and his hands "cold and clammy".
(from DWP Job Seeker's Allowance leaflet) "Sarah" has appeared in another government blog, called The Daily Job Seeker, offering practical advice on interview tips and techniques and information about Universal Credit.
The woman posing as 'Sarah' was also pictured in another government blog, called The Daily Job Seeker, which offers practical advice on interview tips and techniques and information about Universal Credit.
Although doctors living in Fiji outside of Suva (the capital) as well as doctors living in Australia were interviewed, for practical reasons most doctors were interviewed in Suva (25 out of 36).
The interviews were conducted in or just outside the respondent's home, which was deemed the most practical venue for interviews by the research team, but may have contributed to respondents' reluctance to share information on neighbors when they could feasibly see or hear the conversation.
A key element in courses of this kind is the practical demonstrations, patient interviews, panel discussion or discussion groups, which should never be missing from the program.
