Interviewer(s):
Princess Nickle Geoco
Crisha Jean H. Dalimocon
Purpose of the Interview/Mission Statement:
This interview is conducted to gain and gather relevant information regarding
the approach of college student boarders in Central Mindanao University to managing
finances in times of striking inflation in the Philippines.
Working Topic:
Inflation forces students to adjust their allowance budgeting.
Questions:
1. How much is your weekly allowance, and how much do you allocate for food,
transportation, and school-related fees?
2. Do you think the things you spend your money on are worth it?
3. What are the struggles you encounter financially?
4. Compared to how you managed your finances in 2018 - 2020, and in 2022, what
differences have you encountered?
5. What approaches do you practice to keep track of your financial status?
INTERVIEW SCRIPT
Interviewer 1: Ladies and gentlemen, we have with us here today, Mr./Ms.
_________ to entertain some of our questions prepared beforehand for our one-
on-one interview.
Interviewer 2: Good morning, Mr./Ms. _________. We hope you’re doing well.
(Interviewee response. Briefly introduce yourselves, interviewers.)
Interviewer 1: To give you an idea of the flow of this interview, I will be stating its
general outline. We will first inform you of the purpose of this interview, to be
followed by the giving of questions and listening to your responses, and lastly, some
picture taking for documentation purposes.
Interviewer 2: Should you have any questions, concerns, or requests please feel free to
raise your hand button.
Interviewer 1: Now, to start off, we’d like to inform you of the purpose of this
interview.
Interviewer 2: This interview is conducted to gain and gather relevant information
regarding the approach of college student boarders in Central Mindanao University in
managing finances in times of striking inflation in the Philippines.
(Wait for Interviewee to nod, or look for any signal that he/she understood everything that
was said. If he/she has any questions or requests, you may entertain him/her.)
Interviewer 1: Now, we will be asking you some questions with regards to how you
handle your finances as a student during these trying times. Please listen carefully.
Interviewer 2: For the first question, how much is your weekly allowance, and how
much do you allocate for food, transportation, and school-related fees?
(Interviewee response. If he/she asks for the interviewers to repeat the question again, do
so.)
(Expected response may be in exact or estimated amount, and/or in percentage for the
follow up question,)
(To confirm the answer, if interviewee struggled with the internet connection like choppy
and all, you may repeat their answer. 'So, for you, _______ and _____, because ______.
Okay.)
Interviewer 1: For the second question, do you think the things you spend your money
on are worth it? Why or why not?
(Interviewee response. If he/she asks for the interviewers to repeat the question again, do
so.)
(To confirm the answer, if interviewee struggled with the internet connection like choppy
and all, you may repeat their answer. 'So, for you, _______ and _____, because ______.
Okay.)
Interviewer 2: For the third question, so far, what are the struggles you encounter
financially?
(Interviewee response. If he/she asks for the interviewers to repeat the question again, do
so.)
(To confirm the answer, if interviewee struggled with the internet connection like choppy
and all, you may repeat their answer. 'So, for you, _______ and _____, because ______.
Okay.)
Interviewer 1: For the fourth question, compared to how you managed your finances
in 2018 - 2020, and in 2022, what differences have you encountered?
(Interviewee response. If he/she asks for the interviewers to repeat the question again, do
so.)
(To confirm the answer, if interviewee struggled with the internet connection like choppy
and all, you may repeat their answer. 'So, for you, _______ and _____, because ______.
Okay.)
Interviewer 2: For the last question, what approaches do you practice to keep track of
your financial status?
(Interviewee response. If he/she asks for the interviewers to repeat the question again, do
so.)
(To confirm the answer, if interviewee struggled with the internet connection like choppy
and all, you may repeat their answer. 'So, for you, _______ and _____, because ______.
Okay.)
Interviewer 1: Well, that went better than expected. That is all, thank you very much
for your time. We highly appreciate it.
Interviewer 2: For the last part of this interview, let’s all take a picture, in one, two,
and smile!
