The making of a step-by-step interview guide for qualitative research
The interview, one of the most important methods in human and social sciences research, requires that researchers not only exercise good scientific and relational skills, but also, a good degree of preparation, which is often overlooked. This text considers the latter weakness; on the one hand by pushing forward a few epistemological proposals likely to guide the preparation and conduct of interviews, and on the other hand by examining in detail, step by step, the work that goes into preparing the interview guide in six steps.