Do you have any problems with your boss?

⋅This question prompts the person to question their employment relationship.

⋅In a subtle way it raises the prospect that there are problems. 

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 When you film or record someone without their permission, you are essentially evading their privacy and simply put, it’s illegal and unethical.  
- Respect your participant’s privacy. You want them to trust you. 
- If they aren’t okay with being filmed, DON’T FILM THEM. 
- Focus your time on listening and observing while taking notes on the important things (mannerisms, behavior, etc.) vs purely relying on a recording. 
- In general, you want to be able to gather as much data as possible during the interview and not do that after the interview to save time and focus on more synthesizing data/redefining data. 

Always Ask if it is Okay to Film/Record

Eaton, T. (2018, February 2). Valuable tips for conducting user research no one really talks about. Medium. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from https://uxplanet.org/valuable-tips-for-conducting-user-research-no-one-really-talks-about-fd956d92fbe0. 

Valuable Tips for  Conducting User and UX Research

Example of a leading question

Tell me about your relationship with your boss?
⋅Not extremely specific.

⋅Enough context for the person to be able to answer the question in any way they want to.

⋅It also isn’t bias towards a side, allowing the participant to tell their story on the issue.

⋅It aims to not seek judgement and less implication there might be something wrong with the relationship.

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