Lillian Cauldwell, author, playwright and Internet talk radio interviewer has created a blog for people who want to learn and take their ‘interview skills’ to the next level. I call it ‘Interview Alley’ because a person can find all types of stuff in an alley.
Lillian’s Interview Alley is a journey for authors, speakers, students, professors, journalists and others learning the finer points of interviewing and how to have a good interview. What makes a good interview?
First, we need to define interview. An interview is an exchange of ideas, opinions and words between two and more people. Since interviews can take any place anywhere, the person interviewed should be prepared to answer any and all questions that might get asked during that interview.
Some people may go through several stages of an interview. Interviews can be done via a phone line, a video conference line, in person, in an office, a bookstore, on site, on television, or even in a jail house. Interviews are a part of person’s life whether in business, personal or even spiritual. Interviews can happen planned or unplanned. Like the proverbial Girl Scout, Be prepared.
What will you find in an Interview Alley?
Interviewer’s voice tone.
Phrasing the question. Is it adversarial, confrontation, serious, playful, funny, strange, weird?
Not answering or evading the question.
Aiming question back at interviewer.
Change the direction of the interview.
Handling an interview may result in anger, fright, embarrassment, humiliation. You might leave and walk out, slam the phone down, or use an expletive.
Treating an interview as serious, playful, arrogant, egostistical, frustrated, or annoyed.
Expertise ignored, rejected, or dismissed.
Interview questions can range from the sublime to the ridiculous. What’s an interviewee’s job?
Come prepared: Notes written on a 3 by 5 card. Re-read the book the night before. Prepared short answers. Don’t volunteer additional information unless you’re asked for it.
Interviews are a fact of life. Some may determine job loss or job hiring, books promoted or books ignored, products and services successful or failed. Like swinging doors, Interviews help a person get to their final destination. Remember, you determine whether or not that particular interview succeeds or fails.
Let Lillian’s Interview Alley help you achieve that success!
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