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Video Summary

Maximizing the Interview Process

Don Rabon, CFE,

President

Successful Interviewing Techniques

Interview:

Cover Macro Topics

Then Cover Specifics Topics

And Finish with Macros Topics again

Developing a report

Find out something about the individual

Share something about myself (as interviewer) with the individual (the suspect)

Convey in the idea that this is an adult talking

Seeking Admission

The first part of the interview is to convey the individual that I (as an interviewer) understand the situation, let him know that I have information from the auditors and that I want to hear and understand the story from his point of view

Avoid Confrontation

He is not an advocate of trying to confront the individual adversely. There are smarter ways to get an admission from the suspect.

Confrontation and accusations are methods more suitable with the law enforcement world. But dealing in a private sector, get an admission in a conducive way is the best suit to play.

Wrapping Up the interview

Re-visit some of the things that were discussed in the beginning

Bring back up something that the suspect could have said at the very beginning and explore that a little bit more

Discussion # 2

Answer the question with 3 paragraph and 3 references

Review the video Maximizing the Interview Process at the ACFE site https://www.acfe.com/vid.aspx?id=4294977075.  Discuss how you would use this process in a bankruptcy fraud case. Provide 3 questions you would ask the suspect using this technique as a fraud examiner and 3 questions you would ask the suspect if you were in law enforcement for the same case.  Be sure to support your statements with authoritative sources (including peer reviewed articles from the library, Fraud Examiners Manual, etc) explaining any differences in the questions asked

Comment # 2

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Comment this post with 3 paragraph and 3 references

This video presents an interview with Don Rabon who provides advice on how to make the most out of an interview process as a fraud examiner. He says that the first part of interview should be used to build rapport with the interviewee. As an interviewer share something about yourself with the interviewee and also let them share something about themselves. In this case, there is going to be a friendly environment for the interview (fraud Examiner: maximizing interview process, n.d.).

He says that at the middle of the interview one should deal with specifics. At this point he explains that an interviewer should seek an admission from the interviewee by having them clarify discrepancies that might exist between what the interviewee said and what the interviewer might have gathered from other sources (Kolman, 2007).

The third tip from Rabon is avoiding confrontation. Confrontation makes the individual being interviewed suspicious and uncomfortable. In this case, they are likely to wonder how and why the information is being obtained in such a manner. In this case they are likely to recant the information later (Elliott, 2010).

Wrapping the interview he advises that the interviewer should revisit some of the issues that the interviewee had brought up initially in the interview. In this case the interviewer will be able to clarify more about the issues that were brought up.

I would use this process to get the maximum information from the interviewee. In the first place I will build a rapport to make them comfortable. Secondly, I will take the person step by step, in to the details and avoiding confrontation.

Some of the questions I will ask are

a. What do you know about this case?

b. Would you be willing to tell me the names of the other people involved?

c. What amount of money do you suspect was lost?