Post #2 - Good interview

There are a few things that go into creating a successful interview. The first two parts are to decide who one wants to interview and to choose what the interview is going to try and find about about a certain person or topic. This first step requires some research, most likely into both a topic and a subject, making sure you now enough about each that if the conversation steers away from your questions you will still feel comfortable and be able to work with what is presented. Once these pieces have been established one can move onto the next step, creating questions to ask ones interviewee about their lives or the chosen subject. In terms of what makes a good interview questions, there are many answers that can vary based on the situation. At other most basic level one wants to create a positive environment where the subject feels comfortable sharing information. There are a few pieces to this, don't start into your specific questions right away, start with easy everyday questions to get the conversation stated. After that make sure that ones questions are not too pointed and that they are open ended allowing large amounts of information to be gleaned for the interviewee, and to let other have some control over the conversation. After questions and an over all strategy have been conceived the interview can then seek out the subject for an interview. At the actual interview be sure to make small talk at the beginning, then move to the per-writen questions and finally let the interviewee add anything that they would like to say. It is probably a good idea to record the session in some way other than furiously scribbling notes while talking to the person and to either ask clarifying questions or look up works and phrases you may not know.