In Class Interview

In Class Interview Text

# Need Finding Interviews


## Interview 1:
* name: Annika Kouhia
* date: 09/19/2019
* occupation: Student
* location: Dartmouth College
* interview partner: Madison Hazard

### Some potential questions to get you started

* What does your day to day life look like?
  * Very different at school vs at home. At school it's classes, then attempt to do work, then do other fun things but dont schedule them. "I should be doing work".
    * "I should be doing work" with jobs and classes and stressors it's hard to block out time for something undetermined
    * Makes it hard to prioritize
    * Feeling guilty when you have two hours and you do less than you want to
    * Running between things makes it hard to tell why you're doing one thing or another
        * Mindfulness is difficult, blocking off time but doing less
* What are the hardest parts of your day? In general/long term?
  * Prioritization. Minute to minute. Hard to balance having long term goals in terms of direction but also flexibility! I have 10 nebulous things that I want to do or try
* If you had a lot of skills and money, what would you make or do?
  * "I have no idea"
  * I so rarely have a back burner of lists of problems you've acknowledged and want to fix
  * More of a running list of things you don't like
* What is a time that you were pissed off at something?
  * Visceral: Sig Nu doesn't have hot water. Boiler didn't get restarted. Came back from the gym at 10pm to no shower. Very upsetting
  * Traffic, webpages that are slow and won't tell you
* What is a time you noticed a clever solution to something?
  * Feeling of "damn okay that's clever" most recently: checking signs of two numbers, make a fake matrix and it will tell you
* What are some things you like?
* What do you dislike? 
  * Social settings that you don't know but you have to step into
* Products that you wished existed?
  * Buy in for VR, self driving cars!
  * Unless you get machine learning to the point
  * Putting wearables in clothes
  * Epigenetic data
  * Large data in health care--the amount of research you could do if you gave them genetic information and could TRUST it
* Could you tell me story about a time you ______?
* What was your best/worst/craziest/most memorable experience with (area of focus)?
  * Composting/Recycling
  * Did a science fair experiment on compost and it was the roguest thing I've ever done and it didn't work at all
  * Took temperature to see if composting was happening
  * Daily routine used to be go to school, come back, take compost temperatures
* What would I find surprising about . . .?

### Record Any Observations

* What were they doing while you asked them stuff?
 * We were just sitting at the table chatting
* Any particular reactions / emotions during the interview or specific questions?
 * Madison reacted strongly and went into detail when talking about how he felt pressured 
   to always be doing something and how he felt like he always COULD be doing work. 
   He said it made him feel guilty during the times when he wasn't doing work or searching 
   for jobs, ultimately making it harder for him to enjoy the free time he did have.

### Reflect / Conclusions

* were there any problems or stories that made you think, "how might we help __ do __?"
 * Madison's strong reaction to feeling pressure made me thing of Dartmouth's "floating duck phenomenon" which 
   conveys the feelings that many students have that everyone else is doing well and they are the only ones struggling
   when in reality everyone is stressed and nervous and having difficulty with SOMETHING. The floating duck
   metaphor encapsulates this with the idea that you see a duck floating serenely on the water, but can't see that to stay afloat
   it's paddling frantically just below the surface.
* what are some HMW statements you can draw from this conversation?
 * HMW... help students to have a more realistic view of the status of their peers compared to themselves? (FAVORITE)
 * HMW... help students to understand that everyone has challenges and successes?
 * HMW... make Dartmouth an environment that promotes self-care rather than feelings of guilt?
* for your favorite:
  * who is the target audience?
   * The target audience is college students, but could be expanded to include young professsionals or high 
     schoolers as well (maybe target imposter syndrome)
  * what would the problem statement be?
   * In colleges around the country America's next wave of bankers, businessmen, politicians and entrepreneurs
     are being stunted by incredible pressure. At competitive schools, high achieving students are failing to
     recognize their full potential as they fall victim to imposter syndrome and unhealthy mental outlooks. In
     order to help the next generation succeed, we must address this issue and create a comprehensive product
     which will help them to manage their time, thoughts and confidence.
  * what would a potential solution be?
   * Some sort of app where we can congregate data, advice, or time management/mental health tips and tools to help
     young professionals, college students and even high school students manage their time, confidence and expectations.