Interview Sample B1: Over-directing the interview
A difficult interview with a high school boy who gave lots of one-word answers. The researcher/interviewer seems to have an agenda that the child does not share. Compare with interview g, the transcript of an interview with a female high school student who is more comfortable being interviewed

Sample Interview B2: Under-directing the interview
The form of this interview with a child is more of a casual child-adult conversation than interview. The questions are unscripted and unfocused. It’s not clear from the transcript what the interviewer was most interested in.

Interview Sample B3: Looking for pre-determined answers
This interviewer knew the interviewee very well and expected certain answers to the questions being asked. The interviewer was surprised when the interviewee did not provide the answers she expected, and the surprise suggested that the interviewee’s answer were not quite “correct.”

Interview Sample B4: Asking questions about concepts that the interviewee does not understand.
An interview with a first grade girl about “learned helplessness.” This concept is familiar to the researcher/interviewer (who has read articles about the subject) but not to the girl being interviewed, who responds with many one-word answers to the interviewers questions.