Keeping your focus during a phone interview
One of the dangers of doing phone interviews (or IM interviews) is that you’re free to do all sorts of other things at the same time, as blogger Rene Gutteridge discovered:
…I realized not too long ago that I was getting to an almost frenzied state of multi-tasking. This occurred to me one day during a live radio interview. I was discussing my book and the interviewer was talking about how much she liked it. We were having a very pleasant conversation when suddenly I reached for my mouse to check my e-mail. As I scanned the messages, my mind came to a screeching halt. What am I doing?? Checking my e-mail during a live radio interview? Was I nuts?
Posted: October 24th, 2007 under IM Interviews, Media Tours, Phone-in Interviews, Tips for Interviewees.