In this article, Podzay wants to share some things you will learn that improve the content of the interview. And when you start compiling ideas. Podzay divided the tips into, interview strategies to keep in mind before, during and after the interview.
Those who listened podcast know that have some recurring questions. But there are also specific questions. Depending on the interviewee. For that, the interviewer reads what guest sends and look for material. Sometimes, it is necessary to read entire books or several articles by the same person.
Smile a lot. Those who interview seek to make people feel comfortable. Sometimes those of us who interview are nervous because the interviewee is someone we admire a lot. So this little talk at the beginning relaxes us all. Some interviewees nervously wait for the interview because most have never done an interview for a podcast. Sometimes the interviewer explains that it is a podcast.
It doesn't matter much what you talk about at first, but it does matter that you create a relaxed atmosphere that allows you to tune in to the other person. This is a great interview strategy.
Although it is an interview for a podcast, seeing each other produces closeness and that is heard in the interview. Also note that if the connection is not good, the camera can be turned off during the interview. Clarifying that you are not recording the image, it is not clear to some.
All interviewing courses talk about how important it is to have active listening. The interviewer is very alert to what is happening to create this active listening. If the interviewer doesn't understand something, he asks them to explain it again. If something seems wrong or strange to the interviewer, he says so and explain why. Many times it happens that it is because he understood something wrong. If the interviewer see that is getting bored, change the subject.
Even to what the interviewer reads so that the questions are not very standard. Some have already been interviewed by others many times and so the idea is to go a little further than what was said in effective podcast interviews. Showing the person that you took the time to prepare gives the interviewee sympathy and makes them realize that you are trying to do quality work. This a great interview strategy.
If the interviewee uses jargon, then try to explain. For example, if we talk about a design method, quickly tell what it is. Sometimes it sounds strange, but it seems that otherwise the listener will lose understanding of the rest. Many times, we forget to do it because it is something very familiar.
When the person names acronyms, that is, those acronyms that mean something, we ask them what they are, even when we know it is because we are sure that someone listening may not know or remember.
We don't get stressed if we can't talk about all the interesting projects the person has or ask all the questions we prepared. The important thing is what counts is understood, which is not obvious, because many designers have training in showing their projects with visualizations but are not necessarily good at telling orally what they did. Many times fundamental parts of your project are forgotten. That's why while they tell it you have to be attentive to what they may have missed.
We can think of things to say during the interview about projects or designers working in similar areas that we don't say, because the idea is to listen more than talk. Then when we turn off the microphone we continue chatting for a while longer.
Sometimes it happens that when we turn off the microphone the interviewee says something wonderful because he relaxes. In those cases, we ask if we can record that because we was especially interested and we do it.
If we see that someone made a good comment or question in the media, we remind the interviewee that it would be nice if they answered. Sometimes it's not necessary. Although this does not improve the content of the interview, having the interviewee answer a question makes it more accessible. This a great interview strategy.
I thank the interviewee for their time when we did the interview, but also later if they shared it on their media. This does not improve the interview either, but it has to happen because the other's time is always appreciated from the heart.
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