The
challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student
The world is more and more connected, then we need to communicate with multicultura peole. Understanding the people from different cultures and dfferent countries is important in our life. The only way to get on well with people who are in different cultures is learning different cultures from distinct people. Interviewing students from different countries will be very helpful, however, it is a rapier, on the one hand, it will bring many
benefits to us; on the other hand, it also has a lot of challenges.
There are many benefits when we interview students from different countries. First, we will gain our friendship. When we were doing our interview, we can have a lot of communications with interviewee, and we can undestand them well by knowing their cultures. Then, we can learn from the experiences and skills of others by asking the questions we are interested in, and we can also open our eyes. (1)
However, it also brings a lot of challenges. For example, language is a big problem. Language difficulties can be compounded in the interview setting if the interviewer uses metaphors or jargon. Metaphors inevitably cause miscommunication. (2) The interviewee will misunderstand our questions or we can't understand the answers of interviewee. We must be patient and friendly when we meet this situation, we can use examples to explain the meaning, or we can try to speak slowly. All of these will be helpful. Moreover, there may be many culture shocks during our interview. Instead of being angry with the culture difference, we should listen to the interviewee carefully . Because we were raised in different cullture, maybe we will have many different habits or actions.
Works cited
（1）http://www.winningtheweb.com/advantages-interviews.php
（2）http://www.malkam.com/en/CultureShock/Issue07.asp
There are many benefits when we interview students from different countries. First, we will gain our friendship. When we were doing our interview, we can have a lot of communications with interviewee, and we can undestand them well by knowing their cultures. Then, we can learn from the experiences and skills of others by asking the questions we are interested in, and we can also open our eyes. (1)
However, it also brings a lot of challenges. For example, language is a big problem. Language difficulties can be compounded in the interview setting if the interviewer uses metaphors or jargon. Metaphors inevitably cause miscommunication. (2) The interviewee will misunderstand our questions or we can't understand the answers of interviewee. We must be patient and friendly when we meet this situation, we can use examples to explain the meaning, or we can try to speak slowly. All of these will be helpful. Moreover, there may be many culture shocks during our interview. Instead of being angry with the culture difference, we should listen to the interviewee carefully . Because we were raised in different cullture, maybe we will have many different habits or actions.
Works cited
（1）http://www.winningtheweb.com/advantages-interviews.php
（2）http://www.malkam.com/en/CultureShock/Issue07.asp
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