Reflection
Although there were many similarities among the responses of the interviews, I was intrigued by how different it felt to interview people of disparate age groups. There were some distinct similarities and differences in their answers. They all claimed that I am caring, hard working, organized, sympathetic, conventional and emphatic. Such answers were also reflected in the personality test, which showed that they are more credible and that I probably do have such characteristics. Yet, I think even though the responses of my mother (Sunghee Kim) and my friend (Jeongsoo Park) were rather reliable, I could not really rely on the answers given by Yoojung because she is so young and it would be hard for her to completely grasp my personality; she would only see me in certain situations and conditions where I play with her but she would never see me in a school environment in which I study and compete with others. She was also unsure about me having high stress level because she never saw me very stressed (I did not want to show that I was frustrated and stressed in front of her). Unlike Yoojung, however, my mom and Jeongsoo, who have known me for many years, claimed that I frequently have high stress levels when I am overloaded with work. Hence, it seems evident that there were more similarities between the responses of my mother and my friend than that of Yoojung, who is the younger sister of my friend who I frequently play with whenever I am at my friend's house. The interview itself was harder for Yoojung because I had to rephrase and explain each question due to the vocabulary and therefore, she might not have understood the gist of a question for all of the questionnaire. While Yoojung said that I was optimistic, my mother and Jeongsoo claimed that I am pessimistic. They mentioned how I am always on the realistic side instead of the romantic side and thus, I could see things in a more critical light than others. Yoojung, however, thought that I was a positive, optimistic person because with her, I am always playful to make her feel happy. In addition, Yoojung said that I have a high self-esteem while my mom asserted that I sometimes lack high self-esteem. Jeongsoo even stated that I usually do not have high self-esteem and thus, it was recommendable for me to have more confidence in myself. I think it is true that I have self-esteem to a certain extent (like what my mother said), but as Jeongsoo mentioned, I lack self-confidence and self-esteem often since I am prone to feeling unsure about things that I do. Holding interviews allowed me to learn how others view my personality and how their thoughts correlate with mine as well as the results of the personality tests that I took earlier.