10 Criticisms of the Qualitative Research Interview

Brinkmann and Kvale (2010) posit these 10 criticisms of the qualitative research interview in their text, InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Interviews.  

The qualitative research interview is NOT:

1. scientific, but only reflects commons sense. 
2. quantitative, but only qualitative. 
3. objective, but subjective. 
4. scientific hypothesis testing, but only explorative. 
5. a scientific method, because it is too person dependent. 
6. trustworthy, but biased. 
7. reliable, because it rests on leading questions. 
8. intersubjective, because different readers find different meanings. 
9. valid, as it relies on subjective impressions. 
10. generalizable, because there are too few subject. 

Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). Learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing. Thousands Oaks: Sage Publications.