Atiku is considering opening a restaurant near where he lives. He wants to get more information on what it is like to operate a restaurant, however. He arranges to sit down and talk with Elise, a successful restaurateur in a nearby town. As he prepares for the interview, he decides that his top goal for the meeting is to find out how operating a restaurant affects a person's home life. What aspect of planning for an information-gathering interview could Atiku have done a better job at

Atiku has to make an elaborate list of his own home life and how demanding it is, in terms of time, cost and subjective emotional impact. With a somewhat number in mind (it's quite complex to quantify such an abstractive qualitative index), he should set a goal of how much impact he is able to absorb when opening a restaurant. If he can, he should research Elise in the personal aspect, using social media when possible, to have a better understanding of her social and home life.

That preparation will lead to more clear and direct questions in the interview, giving him a better grasp of how operating a restaurant affects a person's home life.