How you behave as an interviewer has a tremendous impact on how someone will answer.
I consider it a great privilege to sit down and chat with someone on camera.
It’s a huge honour.
After running countless interviews over the last 5 years, I never tire of the experience.
When you are generally curious about someone, they feel trusted and more free to open up.
If you are tuned out, changing topics too fast, not listening to clues in the answers or scared of the silence, this will result in a shallow, and lesser quality interview.
Taking a conversational approach is something that has worked for me over and over.
In other words, if I can empathise and relate to their experiences, they feel more free to go deep and share more.
When people feel free to step into a sacred and personal space, they yield passion, emotion and sincerity more easily.
These qualities tied with valuable insights are highly engaging and interesting for people.
Add a great story into the mix and you have dynamite.
No one wants stiff and scripted responses. They want you.
There’s no one else like you. You are unique.