Interview Techniques

Great interviews are more than just the answers received. They are a result of great questioning and these questions are developed by interviewer. They use interview techniques to get the best interviews possible. These techniques were demonstrated in the movie, “Shattered Glass.” This post will showcase five interview techniques that we found important.

• For a successful interview, the goal is to get all the information you planned to receive and a little more. That’s a lot of information to be taking in and it is often for people to forget without writing information down. Recording every single detail is a technique used to make sure that you don’t forget anything. Every quote, every word, every detail can help a writer in their article. You should have enough information to be able to paint a picture to someone else about the interview.

• We always hear that we should never assume and that applies for interviews as well. You should never assume a detail before fact-checking. You must be certain that what you say is true or else there could be irreversible repercussions. These could include issues with peoples’ reputations such as your own and the interviewee. That can destroy your credibility and mislead audiences about your interviewee. 

• A fundamental skill for any writer is fact-checking. The new media platforms have provided many reliable and unreliable sources for everyone. The key is to find the sources that are reliable to fact-check. Nobody wants to fact-check unreliable sources because it defeats the purpose of fact-checking. Making sure that your information is true is a good technique of providing good content for your audiences.

• You would never go to a driver’s test unprepared and the same goes for interviews. Always prepare in advance the questions you’re thinking of asking and what you want to get out of the interview. The questions are used as a guide for where you want your interview to be going. Lack of preparation can result in a bad interview and you never want that. To avoid this, make sure to always be prepared. 

• Not everything is completed after the interview. You may need to check up with them or ask them some further questions and you can’t do this without their contact information. Our technology makes it nearly impossible to not be able to contact someone. Make sure to keep contact information in a place where you won’t lose it. This will ensure that you can contact them in the future if you need to.

Interviews are a key part in collecting information and take a lot of experience to master. Using these five techniques inspired by “Shattered Glass” can help you get the interview you’re looking for.