Best way to send interview questions by email

[alstromeria 10]

I'm sure this is an easy one.

 

I'm conducting an interview with someone via email. The last time I did this, the recipient could not open the attachment that contained the questions (which was a MS word document).

 

Basically, I want to send a set of questions which the recipient can read and write a reply under and send them back to me. Voila!

 

But what's the best way of sending them? Would you type them directly onto a blank email or on an attachment which they may not be able to open?

 

Please reply in one syllable words (joke!)

 

Thank all

[VideoPro 10]

Email. The recipient might not have MS Word.

[alstromeria 10]

Email. The recipient might not have MS Word.

 

Can they just type an answer though and send it back?

[VideoPro 10]

For sure. That's what the reply bit is about

[Love2print 10]

Can they just type an answer though and send it back?

 

Not if they can't open the document to be able to read it. However, I am surprised the recipient doesn't have other word processing software that will open it. However, if you don't need the answers typed on the actual document you could just send a PDF.

 

EDIT. Mis-read your post, ignore.

Edited November 1, 2011 by Love2print
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[Mikes10 10]

Create a simple textfile with your questions and send as an attachment

explain to the recipient what you expect them to do with the file

 

 

 

example layout

 

...........................................................

1) why is the Sky blue?

answer

 

 

...........................................................

2) Do you believe in man-made climate change?

answer

 

 

...........................................................

3) What is the square root of minus 1?

answer

 

 

..........................................................

[willman 10]

use surveymonkey.

[richardtj 10]

You could try converting the word file into PDF or plain text format so that it can be opened in any PC/ Mac

[floyd77 10]

You could try converting the word file into PDF or plain text format so that it can be opened in any PC/ Mac

 

Why?

 

Just use the email - no attachments!

[alchresearch 214]

Another vote for email. If you must use a document, save it as RTF and that will open in Wordpad, which comes as standard with Windows.

[andysm 17]

Another vote for a simple email. Emails are very good at sending text, why make it more difficult by putting the text into a word or PDF file?

[Bonjon 10]

embedded the text into a JPEG, if they can decipher then they get the job?