ALWAYS have your questions written down, with possible options for clarification. I've been interviewing for well-nigh forever and I always write down the questions (or at least the question topics).
If nothing else, that allows you to proceed if your freeform questions reach a dead end
And have a pocket voice recorder if possible to allow you to review the complete interview later if something tweaks your memory and you want an exact quote.
Interviewing takes practice. My first radio interview was embarassing. For my second one I *did* write the questions down and it was slightly less ambarassing. Eventually I got the hang of it and that carried over into job interviews, conference talks, all sorts of arenas.
You have the listening skills to be an excellent interviewer, the rest is all practice and effort.
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If nothing else, that allows you to proceed if your freeform questions reach a dead end
And have a pocket voice recorder if possible to allow you to review the complete interview later if something tweaks your memory and you want an exact quote.
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Interviewing takes practice. My first radio interview was embarassing. For my second one I *did* write the questions down and it was slightly less ambarassing. Eventually I got the hang of it and that carried over into job interviews, conference talks, all sorts of arenas.
You have the listening skills to be an excellent interviewer, the rest is all practice and effort.
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