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Preparing for an interview next week

Added 2023-09-01 00:05:11 +0000 UTC

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to write a short update as I'm preparing to travel out of state for my first live interview next week.

Tonight I'm doing mock interviews in order to test the lighting and sound. In my opinion, audio will be the most important aspect, and I have 3 different recording methods I'll be using for redundancy. I know I can clean up the audio as long as at least one of the raw recordings is *decent*, but unlike every other aspect of production, a live interview has to be conducted flawlessly the first time because there are no do-overs. So I want to be as prepared as possible.

I'm emailing the questions I'll be asking in advance to the interviewee. I do this so they can get a feel for the trajectory of the conversation and prepare answers. I did this with the Zen Master Rama video's interviews and I was really happy with how it went, so I'm trying it again. Although I will say this: the nature of this conversation is much different than the last.

I'll be sure to let you all know how it went after it's finished. There'll likely be more interviews upcoming, but as of now this is the only one scheduled. I've had some bad luck recently with interviewees ghosting after showing initial interest. But no worries, it won't slow me down.

Thank you all for everything! More soon,