I eventually got in touch on the phone with instructor at the Adult Education, and could get more interesting informations about the course. Now I know more about the course itself than its long boring history.
With this experience I know I should not let someone go on on something that I am not interested in. And I think my mistake here was that I kept writing to be polite when I should have stop. I also should have interrupted him. But again, it was hard for me to do so because I didn't want to be rude.
During the interview, I would say to myself... "Ok, this is torture to listen to all of this... but wait until he is done with one idea, and then interrupt him to go on the next question."
The thing is that the idea never stopped... and I only got a chance to change the subject a few minutes before he had to go to teach. And even then it wasn't I who interrupted him, but a colleague, who came in the common room we were sitting in.
Anyway, I think this is a lesson I shouldn't feel bad about redirecting the interview, because I am the interviewer. I know what I am looking for to put in my articles.
With this experience I know I should not let someone go on on something that I am not interested in. And I think my mistake here was that I kept writing to be polite when I should have stop. I also should have interrupted him. But again, it was hard for me to do so because I didn't want to be rude.
During the interview, I would say to myself... "Ok, this is torture to listen to all of this... but wait until he is done with one idea, and then interrupt him to go on the next question."
The thing is that the idea never stopped... and I only got a chance to change the subject a few minutes before he had to go to teach. And even then it wasn't I who interrupted him, but a colleague, who came in the common room we were sitting in.
Anyway, I think this is a lesson I shouldn't feel bad about redirecting the interview, because I am the interviewer. I know what I am looking for to put in my articles.
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