Changes in Graduate Students' Use of Interviewing Skills From the Classroom to the Field

Graduate students' acquisition and use of verbal interviewing skills in field settings were studied. The frequency and the proportional use of skills were judged in simulated ten-minute interviews videotaped before and after training, in eight-month post-training interviews, and in subsequent interviews recorded in the students' practica settings. Predicted changes from pre-training to post-training interviews were not significant. However, significant changes were found between training and practica interviews.