Interview

How to be a really lousy interviewee

by Matthew Stibbe on August 1, 2007

The most popular search term on Google for this site is “How to interview.” I thought it would be fun to subvert the usual ‘how to…’ post with some some top tips for really screwing up an interview. Arrive late. Shows disrespect and/or incompetence. Also it irritates the other person. (See How I trained myself [...]

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How to interview someone

by Matthew Stibbe on December 23, 2006

Interviews matter. Interviews are the foundation of good reporting. They are the best way of understanding a complicated situation and seeing it from someone else’s perspective. A wise, old editor of mine used to say “report it out.” She meant ‘go talk to people, don’t rely on your own opinions and judgment.’ It’s a good [...]

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