Conducting Follow-Up Interviews

Throughout your initial interviews, you may learn information that affects the investigation. It is therefore possible that you will need to conduct follow-up interviews to ask another person for their take on an incident or detail.

For example, during an investigation, you may learn from a witness that the alleged harasser admitted he was attracted to a co-worker and had planned to ask her on a date. Yet, the alleged harasser may not have provided you with this information.

In these cases, do the following:

• Provide relevant information you have gathered from your interviews.
• Ask the person to respond.
• Ask if there is anyone else you should speak to before closing the investigation.
• Immediately after the meeting, write up your own notes and observations.

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