What makes a Great Interview!?!?

Thought provoking questions- Where the interviewer has a broad enough question where it allows the interviewee to be descriptive in his/her answer as well as answer other unasked questions. It would also allow enough structure to the interview for flow between questions and answers.

Example: The interviewer uses the type of short questions but it brings the interviewee to tell a very descriptive answer involving stories childhood, information, and metaphors with only one question. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/924_interview_archiv/page4.shtm "I was a terrific student and did very very well in school always and I also had a bit of a wild side I grew up in a sort of neighborhood where we knew just enough of how little we had..." He talks about his childlife and how it connects to his career as a stockbroker.

A Sense of Conversation- where it is hard to tell it is an interview, allowing for a conversation rather than a question and answer session. It would also allow the audience to sense a comfortable setting allowing for a more relaxed interview.

Example: The interviewer seems so harsh and wanting to blame everything on the interviewee, also the airplanes in the background are not helping the conversation go any smoother.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/924_interview_archiv/page2.shtml, "We have become so good at the explanation of evidence..."

Background Information- where there is enough background information about the interviewee to allow the interviewer flexibility during the interview. Also it would allow the audience to understand any underlying causes for any outbursts.

Example: This interviewer seemed to start with overall introduction, it also starts with a story for not only the interviewee's perspective but also from her grandmother and even a short view of the victim parent's. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/924_interview_archiv/page3.shtml" I sat down to talk to my grandma about it and she turned the tables on me and started talking about that had happened to her when she was 16..."