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Interview Questionnaire

Sample Feature Story Outline

Headline:

  • Use humor or cleverness to engage the reader
  • Ensure that the headline is a true description of the information in the story
  • Avoid cliches
  • Don’t tell everything
Paragraph 1: Lead
  • Catch the reader’s attention
Paragraph 2: Background
  • Born, last school attended, places they've lived, family, etc.
Paragraph 3: Personal
  • Likes/dislikes, hobbies, feelings about the world
Paragraph 4: Future Goals
  • Career interests, predictions or hopes for the future
Sample Interview Outline

Name
 
Birthday
Last school attended
Do you like school so far?
Worst habit
Favorite weird food combination
Favorite band, radio station or type of music
Favorite book
Your idea of relaxation
Pet peeve (some little thing that really burns you up)
Describe your all-time favorite school project or homework assignment
Describe either your most embarrassing moment or the hardest time in your life
Discuss your best asset or the thing you like most about yourself
Complete the statement "I think kids today really need to..."
Complete the statement "I think adults today really need to..."
Do you see the world in a positive or negative light? Why?
Pick three adjectives (words that describe a noun – nice, tall, bubbly, etc.) off the top of your head that best describe you.
Name one thing you would really like to do that you have never tried.
Do you speak another language fluently? If so, which one?
If your answer to the above question was "no," what language would you like to speak fluently? Why?
Where else in the world would you like to live?
What kind of career would you like to have?
Describe your family
Describe what you do in your spare time


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