In grad school we used interviews to get a greater understanding of the field we will soon be working in. I think there is a lot of information we can learn from books, but there is nothing like hearing real life experiences from someone already in the field. I do not know much about using interviews as assessment tools, but I think it would be beneficial to use in the classroom as long as there is a designated list of questions the students must get answered.
One of the research articles I found mentioned that interviews can "provide an important simultaneous opportunity to explore what the students have learned, from the interview itself as well as from their ongoing real-time and real-life negotiations."
A fun way to incorporate interviews into the classroom could be to have students interview older grades about what is going on in their class, as a way for them to ask about experiences and what to expect in the following years.
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