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I'm gonna do a teleinterview..ideally, how many questions to ask to fill up the 1 hr interview time?

by Johnson Tay
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Any suggestions?
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  • Profile picture of the author artwebster
    If your interview is about breeding rabbits and you are talking to an internet marketer, as many questions as you can ask in an hour.

    In other words, how long is a piece of string?
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    • Profile picture of the author dorothydot
      Yes, seems to me that this would be a case of... prepare as many questions as you can. Think of roughly how many questions you could do in an hour, then double it!

      And I'd think you should be in hang-loose mode. Meaning be prepared to follow up any response your interviewee makes that promises to be informative and interesting. Could be you'd only need 1-2 questions?

      Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

      Hope this helps,
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  • Profile picture of the author Andy Fletcher
    Definitely have loads more questions than you think you can get through so you can pick and choose. It's far better to run out of time than questions.

    Plus make sure you send the interviewee the questions in advance and get their thoughts about it. They can give you the best indication of how long they can talk about the topics.
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    • Profile picture of the author David_Thompson
      About 8 to 10 questions are a good point for an hour
      because you want to leave room for when your speaker
      goes off on a run that might take some time.

      I did a training call with five questions that took over
      1:30 minutes because I listened and tweak my question
      along the way...

      --David
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  • Profile picture of the author jhongren
    Prepare about 10 questions...or more if you want.

    What matter most for an interview is we have to really
    catch and understand what the interviewee is sharing.

    Most of the time, new questions will pop up on the spot
    when we ask them to elaborate more, clarify what they have
    said, give specific examples and so on.

    Cheers,
    John
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  • Profile picture of the author Andy Fletcher
    Oh, and remember if you're going to do any editing make sure to record a chunk more than you need.
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    • Profile picture of the author vegetablevn
      Originally Posted by Andy Fletcher View Post

      Oh, and remember if you're going to do any editing make sure to record a chunk more than you need.
      Hi,

      I do not agreed with you. Any way, your ideal make me thinking about some thing for my project.

      Pls try to keep posting.Tks and best regards
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  • Profile picture of the author StrikeNet
    I have done lots with TV, and what usually happens is the host writes about 15 questions for an hour, but the conversation takes a turn and they don't get to ask some. So, it would be best if you could do your best to predict all the ways the conversation could turn, and write additional questions for that as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Carl Kelly
    My experience says, like others above, 8-10 is a good number. However, remember that some interviewees are more long-winded than others. Prepare an additional 5 questions that you can use just in case you run out of your primary questions (these could be in the form of follow-up questions, if necessary).
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