Research Plan 12: Intern Exit Interviews

Intern Exit Interviews

Proposed Research Agenda:

• Research Year: 2022
  • Plan Created June 28, 2022; Data Collected July 27-28, 2022
• Participant Type: Intern
  • Participant Type Abbreviation: I
  • For more naming convention info, please see issue #347 and the naming convention sheet
• Interview Type: Exit

Research Roadmap (this research is a subset of this roadmap)

• Wiki page: Intern Research Overview
• Roadmap document: TWE: Research Roadmaps: Interns

Summary of Research

Question

• What were the most/least helpful aspects of the internship, in terms of the acquisition of technical skills?
• What were the most/least helpful aspects of the internship, in terms of the acquisition of soft skills and career exploration?
• What could be improved about the internship program?
• Did interns’ confidence in learning/doing technical work increase over the course of the internship?
• Did interns’ confidence in pursuing a STEM major/career increase over the course of the internship?
• Did interns’ college or career plans change over the course of the internship?

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to understand:

• Interns’ experience working at HFLA.
• If intern confidence increased over the course of the internship
• If interns’ college or career plans changed over the course of the internship

Participant Type

• Interns

Methods

We conducted Zoom interviews with interns, which will consist of a combination of qualitative and quantitative responses. They were video recorded and transcribed, as well as recorded in a Google Sheets questionnaire.

Current Status

In-Progress. The data collection was done. Data needs to be transcribed, cleaned, and analyzed.

All Issues

• Label: Research: RP012

Outstanding task items

• Transcribe data
• Analyze data
• Present results (slide deck)

Assets

Google Drive folders

• Type folder: Intern
• RP Folder: RP12

Research Plan (including Audience Identification documentation)

• TWE: RP12: Research Plan and Overview
• TWE: RP12: Research Plan and Overview - version for Guardians

UXR Recruitment and Training Documents

• Email Copy to Recruit UX Researchers for Exit Interviews
• UXR Interest Form--Exit Interviews
• Exit Interview Instructions for UX Researchers
• Exit Interview Session and Roll Call Spreadsheet
• Intern Exit Interview Training

Scripts

• TWE: RP12: Exit Interview Script/From Interviewer View
• TWE: RP12: Exit Interview Script/Form Editor View with Collected Data

Interview recordings & Transcripts

• Intern Exit Interview Recordings Folder
• TWE: IS22: RP012: Intern Exit Interview Recording Upload Form
• RP012 De-identified Transcripts

Synthesis (Miro or Figjam)

Presentation of Findings

Action Items Spreadsheet

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Related Wiki Pages

• Research Home page