The interview is a conversation with a person who is a source of information. Also, it can be formal and informal, and The purpose of the discussion is to get the data from the source. In journalism, the interview is an indispensable part as we gather most of the information through interviews, data is collected from people and news. Of course, the interviews are of many types. We will talk about three kinds of them. Interviews are classified into three, Interviews for getting news or News Interview, Interview for opinions, or ‘Symposium Interview.’ And Personality Interview.
A news interview is the purpose is to gather information to explain an idea event or situation in the news. In the event of a car accident, for example, the reporter attempts to interview eyewitnesses to prepare the story. The interviews carried on different people will not only illuminate and explain several points but also provide a better understanding of the subject by clearing by many confusing facts. There are many types of questions to ask, and it is appropriate to use open items to extract information and encourage the person being interviewed to tell you what he knows. Open questions are questions that you cannot answer with yes or no, but rather questions with a wide range of answers.
In the symposium interview, the reporter gets his information not only from a few persons who are connected with the event, as in the case of an accident but from several persons. They may not be combined with the event. A symposium can be a one-time conference or a regular meeting, but it will probably include some amount of discussion or public speeches on a particular subject. Many people who attend symposiums will be part of the audience for many of the presentations, but during the course of the event, give their own performance or be part of a panel discussion. The symposium interview is used when you want the listener’s readers or viewers’ point of view on something that affects them. These can be short box pops.
A personality interview is an evaluation through which the employer gets to know your personality. It’s usually held in addition to an employment interview, during which you discuss your qualifications and skills as outlined on your resume. Employers may look for people with specific personality traits, such as being organized, having attention to detail or showing an outgoing personality when it comes to customers. The personality interview is conducted by asking the candidate a series of questions that reveal traits of her personality. also, is conducted to reveal the personality of the interviewee. In this interview, the reporter selects interviewee who is a newsworthy personality or has a newsworthy personality because of some traits in his or her personality. It is also called profile interview. An example of some questions in a personal interview regarding work, If your manager asked you to complete a task you thought impossible at first, how would you go about it? Tell me about a time you had to fill in for someone. Were you successful? How did the experience make you feel? That’s how some of the questions are.
Conclusion
Interview is one way for collecting information about an event or used to get more information about something. Carrying out an interview is not easy and it requires preparation with sets of questions and answers to make it successful. Interviews can make one look nervous but it is an easy process if the person has mastery of the issue at hand. There are many types of interviews that people carry out depending on the situation. Some of the Interviews types are getting news or News Interview, Interview for opinions or ‘Symposium Interview’, and Personality Interview. Irrespective of the type of interview, proper preparation and presentation is necessary for it to be successful.