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INTERVIEWER: What advice would you give to others to help them be successful?
SUBJECT: I’d say, be patient. It takes time for good things to happen, and you don’t always see the results of your hard work right away. Acknowledge the small steps that will lead to bigger successes.
What would be an effective follow-up question to this subject’s response?
Do you consider yourself to be a successful person?
How have you acknowledged smaller steps that led to your success?
Don’t you think it’s annoying when people are impatient?
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Best choice: "How have you acknowledged smaller steps that led to your success?"
Why: it’s open-ended, nonjudgmental, and prompts concrete examples and practices the subject uses—exactly what you want after they stress patience and small steps. The first option is more closed (yes/no) and yields less detail; the third is leading and negative, likely to put the subject on the defensive.
You could refine it slightly: "Can you give an example of a small step you acknowledged and how you did it?" and follow up with "How did that recognition affect your motivation?"
Why: it’s open-ended, nonjudgmental, and prompts concrete examples and practices the subject uses—exactly what you want after they stress patience and small steps. The first option is more closed (yes/no) and yields less detail; the third is leading and negative, likely to put the subject on the defensive.
You could refine it slightly: "Can you give an example of a small step you acknowledged and how you did it?" and follow up with "How did that recognition affect your motivation?"
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