REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPIINES

ISO 9001:2015 NORTHERN NEGROS STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Certified OLD SAGAY, SAGAY CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
(034)722-4169/www.nonescost.edu.com

LIFE OF WORKING STUDENTS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

PROPOSED INTERVIEW PROTOCOL

Time of Interview :
Date :
Place :
Interviewee :

PART I.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Sex :
Age :
What is your current year in college and course?
How long have you been as working student?
What is your civil status?
If married, how many children do you have?
How old are they?
What are the sources of your family income?
What is your gross family income?
What is the net monthly income of your family?

PART II.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SEVEN THEMES:
Theme 1: “Time is of the essence”
1.1. How essential or important time is?
 1.2. How did you handle it when you were problems?
1.3. What are the things you do to cope with your
situations?
1.4. What support do you get from the family? Friends?
Relatives? Classmates? From the school?
Theme 2: "To work is to serve”
2.1. How do you perform your duties and obligations at your
best as a working student?
2.2. What typical day at work?
2.3. How do you feel about yourself?
Theme 3: “Enjoying the best of both worlds: work & study”
3.1. How do you describe your situations?
3.2. How do you manage your situation wherein you can enjoy
two different opportunities, to work and to study?
3.3. What effect does these situations have on the way you
view yourself?
Theme 4: “Time management is the key”
4.1. How do you manage or balance your time as a working
students?
4.2. What approaches and challenges you have encountered
while to work and to study?
Theme 5: “Sacrifice comes before success”
5.1. As a working student, how do you attain your goals and
succeed in life?
5.2. What motivates you to continue engaging in the study
despite you’re a working student?
5.3. What adjustment do you have to do in order to balance
your work and managing your study?
Theme 6: “Fulfillment justifies one’s effort”
6.1. How do you overcome difficulties in your life?
6.2. Describe any positive experience you have as a result
of your effort?
Theme 7: “Poverty is not a hindrance to education”
7.1. What are the reasons behind why you are opted into
working while you were in the midst of your study?
7.2. Describe your present situations and highlight some
reasons that poverty is not a hindrance to education?

CONCLUDING QUESTIONS
What advice would you give to someone who may have similar
situations like you do?
Are there some significant experiences about your present
situations that you would like to share that were not covered in
the previous questions?