{"id":34061,"date":"2015-06-14T10:13:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T10:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=34061"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:48:08","slug":"how-to-conduct-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/how-to-conduct-an-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"How to conduct an interview?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/How-to-conduct-an-interview.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34095\" src=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/How-to-conduct-an-interview.jpeg\" alt=\"How to conduct an interview\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conducting an interview is a part of a journalist\u2019s job. It is the basis of travel journalism. Sometimes journalist\u2019s job. It is the basis of travel journalism. Sometimes journalists have to interview localites, foreign ambassadors, eye witnesses to an incident, VIPs etc. In all such interviews, the interviewer has to travel to places rather than call the interviewee to the studio. That is why interviews are a part of travel journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Following are points needed to be kept in mindwhile conducting an audio or video interview:-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Do extensive research and prepare questions<\/strong> \u2013 It is important to plan before the interview what one wants to get out of it. He\/she should have the foresight to know the probable result of the interview. This is possible when the interviewer has done research on the subject and prepared questions to be asked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Proper location for interview<\/strong> \u2013 Interview should be conducted according to the subject\u2019s relevance. This will make the interviewee comfortable and provide better result for the interviewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Medium of conversation<\/strong> \u2013 The medium of conversation should be comfortable to the subject. Moreover the interviewer should make an effort to keep the interview as a discussion so that it appears like a conversation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keep the flow running<\/strong> \u2013 It is important that an interviewee should know the skill to keep the conversation going towards the pre-determined result using the answers of the subject rather than asking questions straight from the paper. This would look more like an act and make the interviewee uncomfortable. Also the interviewer should not change the topic of discussion with every successive question. The transition from one to the other topic should be gradual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emphasis on a question until fully satisfied<\/strong> \u2013 The interviewer should repeat or revisit a question if he\/she thinks it has not been answered satisfactorily. This happens when an interviewee is sensitive to certain issues, but emphasis should be made until the question is fully answered. <strong>The aim of the interview is to get the subject\u2019s opinion, rather than hide it<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maintain in-between silence<\/strong> \u2013 It is necessary to maintain few seconds of silence in-between the answer and next question just in case the interviewee wants to explain their answer more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Article writing technique is important for a journalist, but developing interview technique is mandatory in this occupation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/Media\">Click here for government certification in Media<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conducting an interview is a part of a journalist\u2019s job. It is the basis of travel journalism. Sometimes journalist\u2019s job. It is the basis of travel journalism. Sometimes journalists have to interview localites, foreign ambassadors, eye witnesses to an incident, VIPs etc. In all such interviews, the interviewer has to travel to places rather than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1405],"tags":[4406,4404,4405,4403],"class_list":["post-34061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","tag-conversation","tag-interviewee","tag-interviewer","tag-inteview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to conduct an interview? - Vskills Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to conduct an interview? Read on... Apply for a Vskills certification in Media now. 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