Personal Experience Interview (PEI)
This page includes important information about your participation in a FETI Personal Experience Interview, so make sure to read all of the following information and contact Certified FETI staff (tellmemore@certifiedfeti.com) if more information or clarification is needed.
The PEI Interview provides you with an opportunity to experience what it is like to be interviewed by someone who has achieved an Advanced Certification in the FETI Methodology. It is important to, as much as possible, put yourself in the role of a participant so you have a better understanding of what it feels like to be interviewed by someone utilizing the FETI Methodology.
The PEI is meant to be part of a larger learning effort to familiarize a person intending to utilize the FETI methodology. Often the PEI is added to a Practical Application of FETI course so we realize that you may not be able to completely separate yourself from someone who is learning the FETI Methodology and just be a participant in an interview (which would more closely replicate your real-world participants as it is unlikely they will have knowledge of the FETI Methodology). However, we hope you still try to do that as much as possible. If you are also participating in a Practical Application course, you will have lots of opportunities to reflect, dissect and discuss the FETI Methodology. The PEI is your chance to just be a participant and share what you are able to about an experience that you have had.
The PEI is conducted in an online interview environment.
Sign Up For Your Interview:
Select your Personal Experience Interview (PEI) time slot by clicking the link below. Please keep in mind you are only able to access the below link using the email address used to enroll in the PA FETI Course. If you would like to access the below link using an alternate email address contact Certified FETI staff (tellmemore@certifiedfeti.com).
Signup for your PEI Interview
After Your Interview Time is Confirmed:
Once your selected time has been accepted by an Advanced Interviewer, you will receive a email confirming the selected time and a browser link to access the interview meeting. This notification will include your interviewer’s name and contact information. Interviewers will not reply to questions, scheduling changes or requests for information prior to the interview. Please send any questions or requests for assistance directly to your course instructor.
Your selected interview time will also be highlighted in green on the sign up document. If you have not received an email with the link to access your interview meeting once your time has been highlighted in green make sure to contact your course instructor. Consider also checking your SPAM folder as some email programs will not allow the meeting link email directly through to your inbox.
Interviews Cannot Be Rescheduled or Extended Due to Technical Issues:
IMPORTANT: In most instances we are unable to accommodate any requests for cancellation or rescheduling within seven days of your confirmed interview. Failure to be present for the entire confirmed interview time may result in an incomplete for this training exercise and the need to purchase an additional PEI interview to receive a certificate of completion.
It is strongly encouraged to test your internet connection and audio/video capabilities on the device you will be using a minimum of thirty minutes before your scheduled interview time just to make sure you do not require technical assistance. Staff members would like to help with but cannot guarantee last minute availability.
Participating in Your Interview:
On the day of your scheduled PEI Interview you will log into the meeting using a link provided to you by the Certified FETI Program. It is very important not to have any other meetings or applications open on your computer, including anything in the Internet browser. You are strongly encouraged to check for any programs running in the background and close those down as they are highly likely to interfere with your ability to successfully participate in this training exercise. Having email programs running, or failing to fully exit other meetings in places like Microsoft Teams or Zoom, will often most significantly impact your browser connection negatively and/or not allow your camera to be accessible for the interview.
Your interviewer will start the meeting at, or slightly before, your assigned interview time. Once you join the meeting you will be entered into a private meeting area with your interviewer. No other person will be present for the duration of your interview.
Keep in mind that you will need to be in a fully private space for your PEI. We encourage you to choose a location where you are comfortable, if possible. The interviewer will need to be able to see your entire face in order to conduct the interview so please be aware of backlighting and camera placement.
There are a couple of things we recommend you consider for your PEI:
- Come prepared with a couple of different experiences you are willing and able to share. It is common for people to choose at the last moment to share a certain experience, even if they had previously selected something different. It will be easier on you if you have thought ahead about what you are willing to be interviewed about.
- It is completely up to you what you are interviewed about. It is recommended that you choose something that you found stressful, impactful or traumatic as that will allow you to better understand what it feels like to be interviewed about such an experience. However, in accordance with the FETI Methodology, we do not force anyone to share information. You get to decide what experience you want to share. Please keep in mind when choosing the experience you will be interviewed about that this is a training exercise and, due to the nature of the training environment, we do not have the ability to provide any attendee with a support person or resources before, during or after the PEI Interview.
- You are required to share an actual experience that happened to you and participate in being interviewed. Please keep in mind that if during your PEI you do not actually participate in being interviewed you will not receive a certificate of completion. For example, if you spend your PEI time just discussing the FETI Methodology with the interviewer, your interviewer will inform Certified FETI staff of that and you will be marked as non-participatory. Your interviewer is fine answering some questions prior to the interview beginning but this is to be kept minimal as you have had a prior opportunity to ask those questions to me before your PEI.
- You’ll likely get the most out of the limited amount of time we have for each PEI (1 hour total) if you choose something that was a single incident where you were directly involved, rather than something you witnessed or something that happened over a period of time. For example, some people choose to share the death of a loved one. Sharing what you’re able to remember about a specific day, or incident, involving that death would provide you with an opportunity to experience how the FETI Methodology assists with memory recall when your interviewer is limited to one hour. The FETI Methodology is very effective with multiple incidents and experiences that involve a course of conduct, however those interviews are often more in-depth and lengthy than what the PEI exercise allows for. It is still completely up to you what experience you decide to share, just be aware of the limits the training exercise has.
- This is an opportunity to share an experience with someone you are unlikely to ever see again. It is very common for our PEI Interviewers to hear from attendees that they shared their experience for the first time ever, or that it is something they have been hesitant to talk in-depth with their loved ones about. Your interview is 100% private and your interviewer does not share what you tell them with any other person, including any staff at Certified FETI or other Advanced Interviewers (keep in mind, even though our CFP-A’s may not be mandated reporters they are not designated confidential or privileged so information obtained about threats of self-harm or harm to others will be appropriately disseminated).
- You have the ability to have your PEI recorded. The online training environment allows us the opportunity to have your PEI Interview recorded at your direction which better allows for you to be fully in the role of participant while still being able to watch back the interview in order to learn from the advanced interviewer at a later date. If you choose to have your interview recorded, the recording is placed in a private online interview room that only you have access to. The interview is available for viewing when, or if, you want to watch it back. No person other than you is able to watch the recording of your PEI (including your PEI Interviewer) without your specific permission. We often hear from our Advanced Interviewers that their participants mention at the end of the interview they wish it had been recorded. I recommend that you choose to record your PEI if you are not sure as you can always instruct us to delete the recording but we cannot go back and record the interview once it has occurred.
- Be on time. We are unable to reschedule PEI Interviews as we have to coordinate with our Advanced Interviewers. The PEI is a required part of the Practical Application Course and you will not be able to receive a certificate of completion for the course without successfully participating in the exercise. If you miss part of the hour you will not be able to complete the exercise. It is strongly encouraged to test your internet connection and audio/video capabilities on the device you will be using before your scheduled interview time just to make sure you do not require technical assistance.
