Interview Questions

Hi Class,
Below are the interview questions we created for our interviews with people who came to the U.S. from other countries. Feel free to copy and paste this into a word document to print the questions out. I also will send a copy of these questions via email for people who have given me their email addresses.




Interview Questions for People who immigrated to the U.S.



2. Where are you from originally?






3. How old were you when you came to America?





4. How long have you been in the U.S.?





5. Why did you come to the U.S.?





6. What was life like before in your country?






7. How did you enter the U.S.? (How did you cross the border?)







8. What were your expectations before you came to the U.S.? Were they met?







9. Is life here everything you thought it would be?







10. Do you plan on visiting your country again?






11. Would you go back to your country to live after living in the U.S.?






12. What are the biggest cultural and social differences between the U.S. and your country?







13. Would you recommend the choice you made to come to the U.S. to someone else?








14. Did you learn English here? If yes, what was that like?








15. Did you leave any family (or kids) back home? If so, why?







16. How was it adapting to the U.S. culture?






17. Is the food different here than in your home country?