What Makes a Good Interview

Design Principles:
I think that the way the question is asked is very important in an interview, it is important that you ask a question that the interviewee can actually go into depth and explain their answer thoroughly with any delay or misconceptions. The hardest part about that I believe is actually figuring out how to structure or state or question so that it doesn't come out too broad, you would want a certain answer to be present as well as going in depth.
Example:

For instance the first question asked to Christian Bale is a very broad question that the interviewee can choose to go anyway with but still answer the question. He actually was able to answer the question in almost a minute or two with giving examples and a brief comparison/explanation on why this Batman has evolved more than the first movie. It will take a little effort as well from the interviewee to answer the question as well as possible so that is the only downside. Christian Bale is a cool guy so he was able to answer the questions in that manner.


Design Principle:
Another important idea while interviewing is being able to flow your idea's and to make sure the answers flow in a way that is easy to understand as well as give meaning and depth. It's important to make sure to keep the interview going smoothly as if it were a conversation. As I mentioned in class a way to avoid silences or pauses is to ask follow up questions and improvise. You will get more information from the interviewee if you were actually interacting with their answers so it would be helpful to ask follow up questions as well as making up your own but make sure they are on topic.
Example:
Matt Lauer’s exclusive interview with the new president
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I do have confidence that we're gonna be able to get it right. But it's not gonna be overnight. And there's no silver bullets to this. The fact of the matter is, is that we are suffering from a massive hangover from a binge of risk taking.
MATT LAUER: And it's still getting worse.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: And that's still getting worse. And it's gonna take some time for us to be able to dig ourselves out of this hole.
Matt Lauer actually followed up Obama's statement with a clarifying question causing Obama to go more into detail and to give more information on the topic. That is why it is important to ask follow up questions.


Design Principle:
Another important thing to do in an interview is to provoke emotion out of the interviewee. You would want real strong answers that they would have to go into detail and they would conduct some emotion and thought into their answer. The interviewer should ask questions that may be controversial or may have an impact on the interviewee.
Example:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/16313366/john_lennon_the_rolling_stone_interview
This audio of "Jann S. Wenner's historic interview with John Lennon, conducted in December of 1970" shows exactly what I stated above. In some parts of the interview Lennon had laughed and some he actually argued with the interviewer. The point is that a good interview consists of the interviewee's feeling through their answers