My Second Interview

                           Interview preparation

       Through this semester, this is my second interview that I really care about it because I did not get good points from classmates’ Scorecard. For the second interview, I prepared earlier than before and I found a Germany guy who is also my friend’s roommate. On last Tuesday, I went to my friend’s apartment where I would interview the Germany guy, but nobody open door. After a while, my friend rang up me and he told me he did a mistake that he thought his roommate was available on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. On Wednesday, I listed about 15 questions on a sheet. Prior to beginning the interview, I bought four Arizona Tea for those guys. When I done the class, I went to his room quickly because I made a reservation with him at 4 pm.

                            Interview Report

       The second interview report went very well. This time, I interviewed a Germany Guy who is an exchange student from University of Applied Science Ingolstadt in Germany. This was the first time to meet him and did an assignment with him together. During the interview, I found the guy was pretty nice because he gave me many details about my questions, such as his hometown, country and his own habits, etc, even though he had lots of homework assignment, he still spent much time on my project.

                          How did you approach people?

       For the second interview, I interviewed a Germany guy who is an exchange student. The guy is very kind, he help me finish the entire interview. I really enjoyed my interview with Fabian. Prior to interview, we talked for couple minutes about sports, music and major which would help us communicated easily. 

                         Country Report

       Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in west-central Europe. The country consists of 16 states, and its capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 square kilometers (137,847 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. Christianity is the largest religion in Germany, with around 51.5 million adherents (62.8%) in 2008. The second largest religion is Islam with an estimated 3.8 to 4.3 million adherents (4.6% to 5.2%) followed by Buddhism with 250,000 and Judaism with around 200,000 adherents (0.3%); Hinduism has some 90,000 adherents (0.1%). All other religious communities in Germany have fewer than 50,000 adherents. Twenty-seven million Germans are members of a sports club and an additional twelve million pursue sports individually. Association football is the most popular sport. With more than 6.3 million official members, the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) is the largest sports organization of its kind worldwide. The Bundesliga, the top league of German football, is the most popular sports league in Germany and attracts the second highest average attendance of any professional sports league in the world. The German national football team won the FIFA World Cup in 1954, 1974 and 1990 and the UEFA European Football Championshipin 1972, 1980 and 1996. Germany hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1974 and 2006 and the UEFA European Football Championship in1988.[1]

Transcript

Y=Yang (me)

F=Fabian

Y: I am Yang, I come from Nantong where locate in JiangSu province in china. Nice to meet you.

F: I am Fabian. I come from Germany and I think Germany is the most important nation in the Europe. Nice to meet you too.

Y: I came to the United States two years ago, and now I am sophomore major in finance. Basically, I take English 191 where my interview assignments come from this semester. The main purpose for my interview assignment is to interview three foreigners who come from other countries expect my home country, and then do a transcript.

F: Oh, that is nice. I have no ideas about your class, so anything I can help you?

Y: Well, English 191 is mainly to teach some writing skills to students. During the class, we need to write some papers.

F: Ok, I make sense.

Y: Oh, I forgot to tell you something that my professor comes from Germany.

F: Really? How is him?

Y: I think he is a funny guy since he always makes many jokes during class so we feel interested.

F: Do you know where he come from?

Y: I do not know it because he only told us he comes from Germany.

F: It is ok.

Y: Ok, let us start the interview. Did you prepared?

F: Yes, I had prepared.

Y: Could you tell me about yourself? (your name, home country)

F: I am Fabian. I come from Munich that is a big city in Germany. I think Germany is the most important nation in the Europe and it plays a big role in the world like the US. I had studied in Germany for 3 three years. To me, I am an exchange student for one semester in St. Cloud State University, I came here since August.

Y: That is nice.

Y: What are you planning to do after school?

F: After school, I usually do some finance homework because my major is finance. I want to work in the bank when I graduate. Except homework, sometimes I like playing soccer after class because most of people in the Germany like soccer and there are some best soccer teams in the Germany such as Dortmund, Bayern Munich, both of two teams are very famous in the world.

Y: Yeah, I like soccer and I know these two teams. I think these two teams not only famous in Europe, but also in the world. From the TV, I know these two teams used win the UEFA Champions League.

F: I think so.

Y: I think you guys also know Dirk Nowitzki who is one of the best basketball player in the world.

F: Sure, Dirk Nowitzki is quiet good, he is our honor, but in Germany some people like playing basketball. Dirk Nowitzki spend his most of time living in the United States and playing in the NBA. He won the NBA Finals MVP two years ago.

Y: Exactly, both me and Wang like Dirk Nowitzki, we pay much attention to him all the time.

Y: Why did you choose to study at St. Cloud University?

F: Well, my home university told me St. Cloud State University is quiet a good university and I can get very fun study here, so they send me to here for one semester as an exchange student.

Y: What kind of thoughts about here since you came here for two months, good or bad?

F: It is quiet good and people over here are very friendly. The weather over here is colder than my hometown. How about you?

Y: I also think St. Cloud State University is a good place to study. Sometimes, I cannot stand cold temperature here and all the Minnesota will be covered on the snow, so it is not convenient.

F: Where is your hometown?

Y: My hometown is Nantong near Shanghai.

F: Shanghai is a huge city.

Y: I think so.

Y: What is the difference in educational systems between your country and North America?

F: The difference between here and my home universities, I think in generally we should write some papers about some subjects but not as many as here. In Germany, we only have to do exams at the end of the semester but over here we should do four or more during the semester.

Y: That is quiet different. Do you like it?

F: Yeah, because it is an education system.

Y: Would you like to tell me about your country?

F: In Germany, it is cold and there are many high mountains. Germany is near the France, Poland and Czech Republic.

Y: Can you tell me more about Germany’s economy?

F: In Germany, car industry is very famous and we have many famous car brands like BMW, Audi, Porsche and Benz. These cars have good quality so that is why many people like it. If you want to buy it, you should have much money.

Y: Oh, nice. I like driving the car, my favorite car is Porsche Cayenne that is my dream. Do you have car?

F: No, I do not have any car because I am student so I have no economy source, and those cars are very expensive.

Y: Could you tell me about your country’s traditional process regarding marriage?

F: I think if you like a girl so you can go out with her and live with her for few years. Until you found it is available, you can get married with her.

Y: Do you need to visit her parents?

F: Sure, it is also our tradition that you should ask both parents.

Y: Can you tell me about activities that young people like to do in your country?

F: Many people in the Germany like running, soccer and driving bicycle. They will also go to bar at the weekend. Perhaps, young people like going out in the evening at the weekend.

Y: What are major holidays in your country?

F: We have All Saints Days and Christmas day that are our special day.

Y: Can you spell it?

F: Sure, that is A-l-l S-a-i-n-t-s.

Y: What is the time of this festival、

F: It should be tomorrow.

Y: That is nice.

Y: What is your traditional food?

F: I come from south of Germany, so we like sausages and sauer kraut.

Y: Can you write the name?

F: Sure.

F: Do you know sauer krauts?

Y: I do not know.

F: Sometimes, it will be in the govery. We also like eating meat and pork.

Y: Do you like burger?

F: Yeah, we like burger, but not every day. I only ate burger once a month in Germany but I eat burger nearly in every meal here.

Y: Do you like govery?

F: Yeah, govery is ok. you can choose different food in it to eat. I eat in govery every day. Sometimes, I go to Atwood to eat in Subway, Wow or Chinese food. Chinese food is ok and it is better than govery. I like noodles very much.

Y: Are there any Chinese restaurants in your hometown?

F: Sure.

Y: How is the political system of your country structured?

F: In Germany, we have prime minister. Do you know that?

Y: Yeah. She is a woman named Angela Merkel, right? She is a little bit fat.

F: Yes, she is not slim. We have five different parties and we can vote for one of the parties.

Y: What are your country’s major religions?

F: Yeah, most of people in Germany have Christians, but some of people are Muslim.

Y: What’s considered offensive in your country?

F: The most offensive problem should be the rich people become richer but poor people become poorer all the time. Politics should be focus on it. The economy in the Germany is stable.

Y: Ok, We have finished the interview. Thank you.

F: You are welcome. You have a good day.

Work Cited:

       [1]: Retrieved November 4, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany