Introduction

Interviewing is a planned process of eliciting verbal responses from the person we are talking to. In the research process, it is performed in order to examine individuals and groups of people, and obtain new knowledge. Since it elicits a phenomenon, it is considered a type of an experiment. Interviewing is mostly used in professional orientation. When we are certain or at least suppose that the easiest way of obtaining certain knowledge is through personal contact, we should use interview rather than survey or some other technique. When used by extremely experienced researchers, it can be very convenient, and yields successful results.

There are numerous reasons and needs for using an interview, and they may depend on specific categories of interviewees. We usually opt for an interview when the objective of the interview is clearly stated in the project. We need to get familiar with the setting, groups or interviewees before we begin an interview. The participants should voluntarily answer the questions. The main answers or impressions should be recorded in the form of minutes, and finally, the results should be sorted out, and answers and impressions arranged so as to have a scientific value (Krulj, 2007, p. 64).