Waleed, named after older cousin. No meaning of name 

Grew up in Manhattan, attended Phillip Randolph 

Good highschool experience met lot of good people 

Chose ccny because it was close to home. Intended major is computer science. 

Wants to be computer science engineer. In 5 years sees themselves employed and close to retirement. 

Doesn’t like reading. No favorite book 

Doesn’t like writing.  

Favorite food is pizza 

If my partner won the lottery they would put all the money into real estate. Would not continue at ccny 

Wearing blue coat grey sweater, black cargos, black air maxs 

Today I was able to interview my classmate Waleed. He was sitting right next to me wearing a navy-blue coat with a grey sweater underneath, accompanied by a pair of black cargo pants, and on his feet were a pair of black Nike air maxes. He seemed very to himself only looking down at his phone unless called upon by the professor. Waleed is also part of the freshman class. He was named after his older cousin but does not know the meaning behind his name. Waleed grew up in Manhattan, he did not specify which part but growing up he attended Phillip Randolph High School. Waleed described his high school experience as an exceptionally good one. He is thankful for meeting a lot of good people. After high school, Waleed chose CCNY because it was close to home and because he wanted to study computer science as his intended major. Waleed’s goal is to be a computer science engineer. He was extremely passionate about computer science, boldly claiming that in five years, he would see himself employed as a computer scientist and close to retirement. Waleed very quickly gave his opinion on reading and writing. He does not like to read or write as he finds them very tedious in addition, he does not have a favorite book either. Now onto something Waleed was a bit more passionate about, food. On the topic of food Waleed smiled and without skipping a beat, he told me his favorite food was pizza. As we began to wrap up our interview I asked Waleed what if he had won the lottery what he would do with all the money. He said he would put all the money towards real estate and not continue his education at CCNY.  

Waleed was very nonchalant and easy to speak to. His answers were engaging and kept the interview flowing very well. He was polite and efficient in answering. Not revealing much but just enough to get to know him from that little piece of information. Whilst conducting this interview I felt a little awkward because I am not the best at speaking to people but the more I spoke to Waleed the more we warmed up to each other and it turned into a casual conversation which gave me grave comfort as well. I was nervous but after doing this one I can say I am a lot more confident and believe I can produce better interviews.