Define what is meant by open-ended interview questions. Give eight benefits and five drawbacks of using them.

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Open-ended interview questions allow interviewees to respond how they wish, and to what length they wish. Eight benefits are listed in the text:
A. Putting the interviewee at ease
B. Allowing the interviewer to pick up on the interviewee’s vocabulary, which reflects his or her education, values, attitudes, and beliefs
C. Providing richness of detail
D. Revealing avenues of further questioning that may have gone untapped
E. Making it more interesting for the interviewee
F. Allowing more spontaneity
G. Making phrasing easier for the interviewer
H. Using them in a pinch if the interviewer is caught unprepared

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