Interview with Megan Kane

As always, I had a great time conducting my interview! Typically, no matter the subject matter, I can stay calm and keep everything concise and together! I love meeting people and just talking to them, so I approach interviews as a simple conversation. 

We spoke last week about the importance of breaking the ice, and typically I like to just include that within my interview and find a place to jump in, but since we were short on time, I had to cut the chitchat and do a hard stop and start. I’ve taken hundreds of interviews with recording and without, so this time was really no different! I did experiment, though, with recording primarily the interviewee. I stood further from the mic since I knew I’d have to take myself out so that the editing would be more organic and the parts I was in would stand out more in the editing process!

As for editing, I was definitely not a fan! I think that including the organic flow of the conversation is necessary, and like I was thus taking myself out of the process. However, this is only my own personal opinion and feeling. To me, interviewing and podcasting is about the organic discourse that evolves. I love to hear mistakes or slip-ups because it connects me to the interviewers and interviewees. I was able to set that aside, though, because this was just one assignment! 

The editing software is a little hard to get a hang of, but after I got the basics it went smoothly! It isn’t the smoothest running either, so in the future, I may use a different editing software!  

All in all, it was a fine interview! When interviewing someone close, it is always a little harder to get the questions put together and not surmising things you always know, so I probably would’ve co-created some questions with Megan since we are close! We also weren’t able to capture a photo specifically for this project, but earlier in the year on a bike ride, Megan found a friendly horse so her photos she took fit in perfectly!

I hope to never lose the ability to interview people! When working in marketing, getting to know clients and trying to win their business requires knowledge of the clientele and their needs, so soft interviews are important! If I go into education, it is the same way. Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care, so developing personal relationships and probing for personal information can help make learning personal for each student and drive toward success!