INTERVIEWS : PRESENTING YOU

The conclusions drawn in this paper are based upon more than 30 years of personal research along with the findings of communication firms and media consultants whose business is to influence our opinions. To quantify the success rate of implementing particular methods of interviewee presentations is a most difficult challenge often wrought with the bias of the researcher. This author has instead drawn conclusions about successful interviews based upon the fundamental questions asked by leading executive search firms coupled with professional presentation responses coached by media consultants. As so often is the case, in media interviews and job interviews, there are scores of interviewees who carry similar skills and qualifications. Those who rise to the occasion, exuding trust, confidence, likeability and intelligence, present an exceptional communication style. This paper will explore the challenges and obstacles that confront and confound each interviewee at the crucial moment of their presentation to the interviewer. What is required of us will first be examined, followed by powerful and effective means of giving an interview to the press, on radio, and before TV cameras. The second part of this paper will construct successful job interview communications