STEPS ON HOW TO FORMULATE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

In formulating interview questions, you need to look back at your title, your central phenomenon and
your SOP so that you will be reminded of what you want to know, discover and/or understand about
your topic.

For each SOP/subquestion, you formulate two to three (or up to five, especially in semi-structured and
in-depth interviews) interview questions. Example, if your title is “Unearthing the Roots of Picking STEM:
Motivations for taking up STEM” where your aim is to understand what makes STEM students chose this
strand when usually most students dread mathematics, and the following are your SOPs/subquestions
(It would help a lot later if you identify the type of question your SOP falls under):

what are the compelling reasons for taking up STEM? (Descriptive)

What is the meaning of taking up STEM in senior high school? (Interpretive)

What would have made you change your mind in taking up STEM? (Process-oriented)

Therefore you will have to make questions that will help you arrive at the answers to your
SOP/subquestions!!!

For SOP #1 (what are the compelling reasons for taking up STEM), your interview questions could be

Maaari bang magpakilala ka sa pagsasabi ng iyong pangalan, tirahan, iyong mga magulang at ano ang
kanilang hanapbuhay o ginagawa? (Tell me about yourself: your personal information, where do you
live, who your parents are and what do they do?)

Ano-ano ang mga naging salik o konsiderasyon mo sa pagpili mo ng STEM sa senior high school? (What
were your considerations in choosing STEM in senior high school?

For SOP #2 (What is the meaning of taking up STEM in senior high school?):

a. Ano ang meron sa STEM strand at ito ang napagdesisyunan mong tahakin sa senior high school?
(What is in the STEM strand that made you decide to enroll in this strand?)

2.b. Ano sa palagay mo ang kakaiba o meron sa STEM na wala sa ibang strand na siyang nagtulak sa iyo
upang piliin ito? (What do you think sets STEM apart from the other tracks or strand?)

2.c. Ano sa tingin mo ang mangyayari kung iba ang tinahak mo at hindi ang STEM? (What do you think
would have happened if you took up another strand instead of STEM?)
SOP #3: (What will have made you change your mind in taking up STEM?)

a. Hindi ba sumagi sa isip mo na mag-enrol sa ibang track o strand imbes na STEM bago ka nag-enrol sa
senior high school? (Had it not cross your mind to consider taking up other track or strand before you
enrolled in STEM?)

b.1. (Kung ‘Oo’ o ‘Sumagi sa isip ko na ibang track o strand kaya ang kunin ko’ ang tugon o sagot sa
unang tanong, ito ang tanungin: Anu-ano sa iyong palagay ang mga mabubuting katangian ng strand
/track na iyon at magagagawa mong iwaksi ang pagpili sa STEM? (What do you think are the good things
in that strand/track that could have convinced you to take it up instead of STEM?)

b.2. kung ang sagot ng kinakapanayam sa unang tanong ay ‘wala’, lagpasan ang tanong sa titik ‘c’ at sa
halip ay tanungin na lamang ang tanong sa titik ‘d’ (‘Kung bibigyan ka ng pagkakataon….’)

c. Ano ang tuluyan nang nagsara sa iyong isip na STEM na talaga ang kukunn mo sa senior high school?
(How did you finally make up your mind to finally take up STEM in senior high school?)

d. Kung bibigyan ka ng pagkakataong makabalik sa tagpong pipili ka na ng strand at track ngayongg

naranasan mo na ang maging mag-aaral sa ilalim ng STEM, ano ang kukunin mo? Bakit o bakit hindi? (If
given the chance to go back on that day that you were about to decide what to take up in senior high,
given that you already have the experience of being a student in STEM, would you still take up STEM?
Why or why not?) school, what would have you

e. Anong proseso ang iyong ginawa na sa huli ay nagdulot sa iyong pliiin ang STEM para sa iyong senior
high school? (What is the process that led you to choosing STEM for senior high school?)

Have your interview questions checked by your adviser (for validation). Revise when necessary.

Once finalized, prepare your interview schedule (that is, you prepare the list of approved interview
questions that you will ask from your interviewees

Heyo, goiz! Ito yung mga questions natin sa Statement of the Problem na gagawan ng interview
questions:

1. What are the respondents’ own strategies for cheating?

2. How do the respondents feel towards cheating?

3. What are the interventions that the respondents tried to resist cheating?

4. What are the evident changes after the respondents’ intervention?

5. How do the respondents think cheating benefit them?

Is cheating bad or good?

What are the reasons why students cheat?

Do you feel guilty everytime you cheat? If yes? Why do you keep on cheating?

How much time do you spend in studying your subjects?

Do you have time to bond with your family and friends?

Can you specify some of your subjects that you encounterd some difficulties?

How would you say that this subject is challenging or you are experiencing difficulties?

What do you think the factors that may affect to achieve your goal in studying?

What are the factors or ways that makes you strive harder to prevent stress cause of excessive school
works?