Interview Analysis Report - Professional Development Module

This report presents an analysis of interviews with four individuals, each reflecting on their experiences navigating education and professional development. The interviewees, ranging in age and current roles, discuss challenges such as time management, financial constraints, and mental health issues. The analysis highlights common themes, including the importance of effective time management, financial planning, and seeking guidance from advisors or counselors. The report also emphasizes the need for stress management strategies and the value of proactive problem-solving. The interviews provide valuable insights into the diverse experiences of students and offer actionable advice for current and future learners. The report concludes with personal reflections on the lessons learned and strategies for applying these insights to improve academic and personal success.

Running head: INTERVIEW ANALYSIS
INTERVIEW ANALYSIS:
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
Author note:

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Profile 1:
Shantel Wonder is in her 20s and is currently working as a recreation leader. While pursuing her
Liberal Arts associates in the Hostos Community college, she had faced huge difficulties in
choosing her subjects and therefore she took the help of an advisor. He guided her by stating that
she should not take all difficult subjects in same session but rather should divide them in
different sessions. Moreover, she had copes with the difficulty subjects by staying back after
college, utilizing the college libraries for completing the assignments. Moreover, she was
effectively following her prepared timetables so that she could mange time effectively for all
subjects. She also had financial constraints but did not let to affect her dreams. She enjoyed
being in college clubs and hanging out with friends that worked as stress buster. She approached
the college alumni for grants that helped her by providing financial aid. She provides as advice
that every students should always communicate with the advisors of the colleges and universities
so that they can overcome dilemmas and barriers and complete their education successfully.
Profile 2:
Amanda McGroven is in her early 20s. She is pursuing her current role as a Juris Doctorate at
Seton Hall School of Law. She is in the job position of Legal extern. She had completed
Bachelor of Arts in English, with a minor in Political Science
from the Seton hall university. She had no difficulties in handling her finance or transportation.
However, one of the difficulties she faced was her mental health issues that occurred due to the
result of stress in earning the academic degree. She did not allow this to be a barrier in her
academics and took the help of the counseling session that were covered in her course money
initially and later took the help from a psychologist outside that her health insurance covered.

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She was seen to use her school’s academic counseling and psychology programs successfully
and also used academic resource centers for tutoring sessions. She also used the dedicated
writing centre of the schools where she could successfully receive feedback on several of his
papers. One of the most impressing fact was that this student had managed a large number of
activities in her personal, professional as well as academic life as she was always being active
and following time schedules and planning that kept her occupied every moments. One of the
issue she faced was handling her finances as she was not able to give a proper estimate of her tax
filing and therefore she repents that it would have in better if she had involved herself in any of
the finance classes.
Profile 3:
Tabitha Turnier is in her early 20s and is currently a business owner. However, the biggest
problem that she had faced is the time management issues. She could not successfully manage
her academic life, social life, financial stability and others. Therefore, she tried her best to keep
herself motivated in ways by which she can cover all her responsibilities on time without missing
on any of the significant activities and roles. She was seen to talk openly and discussed her issues
with her professors and this helped her to get over many difficulties she faced with her subjects.
She also took the help of academic advisor as well as career services counselor and developed
strong bonds with them that benefitted her not only academically but also personally. One of the
things that she had mentioned about is that she had to taken a huge amount of loan for her
education which she is facing huge difficulty to repay. Therefore, if given another chance, she
would be going for an affordable course that would create less pressure for repayment. She also
advises that instead of procrastination, one should immediately finish up the work in hand not

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just academically but also in personal and professional years as she now believe that “time is of
the essence”.
Profile 4:
Jonathan Hurst is in his 30s and he is working as an office manager in one of the organizations.
He had graduated from Berkley College online on the Bachelors in financial services. He
complained that time management was the biggest issue that he faced while juggling his online
course, work and his personal life. However, with one of his partner, he could successfully
develop a proper time schedule that helped him in completing his commitments well. He enjoyed
meeting new people and learning about different aspects of such people. However, he advised
that student life is the best time and everyone should embrace sacrifices during this time so that
they can have the most successful life in their coming years.
Differences and similarities:
A very common feature that was observed in the interviews was that time management had been
the biggest concern among the different members when they were in colleges. It has been seen
how they have stressed upon the factor of balancing work, school and personal life to be
extremely important for handling achieving success. Financial security had been another source
of concern for many of the interviewees and therefore, this can be taken as another aspect that
affects the academic life of many students. Differences among the opinions were hardly noticed.
However only one case was noticed where mental issues occurred due to stress from academic
life. Therefore, counseling sessions should be organized by most of the school to help the
students. Another similarity that was noticed was that most of the interviewees advised to take
the help of advisors or academic counselors when any form of issues in academic life take place.

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Things to be learnt:
One of the most important things that I have to learn is to develop ways by which I can mange
time effectively. One of the best ways is to set priorities, then develop time schedules and
motivate myself to strictly avoid procrastination and complete work immediately when assigned
on time. I also have to plan my finances well before engaging myself in a course so that my
finances can support me throughout the course and I do not have to leave midway. I will also
take the help of advisors if I cannot accumulate or fix up a source of finance for the courses. I
may also face mental health issues for stress from my academic life and therefore I need to take
up strategies for stress management in my life.