Sample Interview Questions
  1. When did you first get involved with PPE efforts in response to COVID-19? Who was most helpful to your first involvement with the PPE effort?
  2. What was the one most important event you experienced after you got involved with PPE efforts? When did it occur? Who was most helpful to you during that event?
  3. On a scale of 1-5, how well do the following statements describe your activities in response to COVID-19? Where 5= Describes my activities very well; 4= Describes my activities well; 3= Describes my activities somewhat; 2= Does not describe my activities well; and 1= Does not describe my activities at all.
  1. Collecting and redirecting resources such as supplies and money
  2. Connecting and coordinating with others outside your organization
  3. Creating and assigning roles for other people
  4. Developing organizational routines, processes, and systems
  5. Improvising to make needed improvements
  6. Paying attention to people suffering
  7. Setting an example for others in public
  1. Which types of PPE were you directly involved with? In which months were you involved with each type?
  2. Out of 100%, what percentage of the items you personally dealt with went to the following types of recipients?
  3. Who helped you learn about what PPE was needed?
  4. Can you think of a time when you learned about something with the PPE that needed to change? Please explain.
  5. When orders (or requests) for new PPE were made, on average, how many days did it take for items to be delivered after a request was received?
  6. Who assessed the quality of the PPE that you dealt with? How did you determine PPE quality?
  7. What percent of the PPE you dealt with would you say was being donated rather than bought or sold?
  8. On a scale of 1-5, to what extent were your PPE efforts helped or hindered by the following? Where 5 = helped greatly, 4 = helped somewhat, 3 = neither helped nor hindered, 2 = hindered somewhat, 1 = hindered greatly.
  9. How often did you talk with [repeat name ] prior to COVID-19? How often did you talk with [repeat name ] during COVID-19?