Sample Questions
Please use these questions as a guide, not a script. Pick the ones that speak to you as the interviewer and help you tell a cohesive story about your subject’s experience. Add your own questions and ask good follow-up questions. Whether you’re answering the questions or interviewing someone else, please make sure the person on camera answers in full sentences and includes the question in their response. For example, “I first heard about the devious licks TikTok challenge when I saw students stealing soap dispensers...”
QUESTIONS for students, teachers or school staff:
ON CAMERA IDENTIFICATION: For the record, please say and spell your full name (first and last) on camera. Also please describe how you want to be identified in this video. For example, “I’m an 11th-grade student at Canyon High School in Santa Clarita, California” NOTE: SRL’S EDITORS NEED THIS INFORMATION AND WON’T BE ABLE TO PUBLISH YOUR VIDEO WITHOUT IT
- How did you first hear about the #deviouslicks TikTok challenge?
- Describe what’s happened at your school related to this TikTok challenge.
- How has your school responded to what’s happened?
- How do you feel about what’s happened? Have the events impacted you?
- Why do you think students are doing this here at [name of school]? What do you think is motivating them?
- A list has been going around social media that encourages a different devious lick challenge for each month of the school year. Do you think students at your school will continue to do these challenges?
- What other thoughts do you have about this situation?
REQUIRED: based on what your interview subject has said, ask three follow-up questions to dig a bit deeper. Questions can be as simple as “tell me more about ____” or “could you tell the part about ___ again with more detail?”