I worked part-time for a marketing research firm in Sacramento. My main responsibility was to interview people over the telephone to see if they met the pertinent criteria to participate in a particular focus group. A lengthy contact list was provided to me of people who possessed the necessary experience that would qualify them to participate in a focus group. I contacted each person and asked many specific questions. The questions were very specific which helped me choose only the most qualified participants. One problem is that it took at least 50 – 100 telephone calls just to form one focus group. It would have been more helpful if the person who provided me with the list would have provided a much narrower list because many did not qualify. I would suggest asking and stating the most challenging question(s) first instead of waiting for the middle or end of the interview. This would have saved me time.
Max
I agree that the person that gave you the list should have done a more extensive interview process then you would not have to go through and tell them that did not qualify initially. But I think that the whole point of her interview process was to have a broader outlook on the participants. Everyone has their position and each interviewer may have a different set of questions that made the process broader and broader. She may have said the same thing about the person that gave her the list. She also may have had to narrow the list from 500 to the 100 that she gave you. I am definitely not taking her side just trying to show you the bigger picture if you didn’t already see it.
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