The document outlines an interview template with descriptive, structural, and contrast questions. Descriptive questions ask subjects to openly describe their experiences. Structural questions prompt subjects to break down experiences into steps or processes. Contrast questions aim to uncover meaning by having subjects compare and contrast different aspects of their lives. Examples of each question type are provided. Finally, homework is assigned to come up with additional interview questions that fit these three categories.

2. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Tell me about your favorite thing to do in Denver, off campus.
2. Why is this activity your favorite? What do you enjoy about it?
3. Walk me through the experience of that activity. With whom do you interact, and how? Is there a
“process” to the experience, with “steps”? If so, what are they? If not, what “shape” would you say
the activity has, and how could you break it down?
4. Let’s get back on campus: What classes are you taking this term? Have you declared a major? If
so, what is it?
5. Walk me through a typical school day. With whom do you interact, and how? ? Is there a “process”
to your day, with “steps”? If so, what are they? If not, what “shape” would you your day has, and
how could you break it down?
6. How would you, personally, define the difference between your on-campus life and your off-campus
life? That is, what does that difference mean for you?
7. Are there other ways of dividing up the dimensions of your life (i.e., besides on-campus/off-
campus) that are meaningful for you? What are they, and why are they meaningful to you?

3. DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS
Descriptive questions ask the interview subject to talk about their experience in
their own terms.
For example:
Tell me about your favorite thing to do in Denver, off campus.
Why is this activity your favorite? What do you enjoy about it?

4. STRUCTURAL QUESTIONS
Structural questions ask the interview subject to break their experience down and
draw connections.
For example:
Walk me through the experience of that activity. With whom do you
interact, and how? Is there a “process” to the experience, with “steps”?
If so, what are they? If not, what “shape” would you say the activity has,
and how could you break it down?

5. CONTRAST QUESTIONS
Contrast questions aim to bring out the meaning of the interview subject’s
experience by asking them to compare and contrast the different aspects of it.
For example:
How would you, personally, define the difference between your on-
campus life and your off-campus life? That is, what does that difference
mean for you?
Are there other ways of dividing up the dimensions of your life (i.e.,
besides on-campus/off-campus) that are meaningful for you? What are
they, and why are they meaningful to you?

6. HOMEWORK
Imagine that you were going to interview some people who live in, work in, play in,
or otherwise use the space you’ve proposed to write about. Write at least FIVE
interview questions. Your question list should include at least one descriptive
question, one structural question, and one contrast question. (And be sure to
label your questions as such.)