Editing Interview (section)

== Contexts ==
[[File:US Navy 110321-N-YM440-018 Rear Adm. Arthur J. Johnson, commander of Naval Safety Center, conducts a radio interview with Paul Gallo on Super Talk.jpg|thumb|A radio interview]]
Interviews can happen in a wide variety of contexts:
* '''Employment'''. A [[job interview]] is a formal consultation for evaluating the qualifications of the interviewee for a specific position.<ref name="Dipboye et al">Dipboye, R. L., Macan, T., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2012). The selection interview from the interviewer and applicant perspectives: Can't have one without the other. In N. Schmitt (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of personnel assessment and selection (pp. 323–352). New York City: Oxford University.</ref><ref name="Chron">{{cite web|url=http://work.chron.com/value-importance-job-interview-1660.html |title=The Value or Importance of a Job Interview |publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date=2014-01-17}}</ref>  One type of job interview is a [[case interview]] in which the applicant is presented with a question or task or challenge, and asked to resolve the situation.<ref>Maggie Lu, ''The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Management Consulting'', 2002, page 21, {{ISBN|978-1-57851-581-3}}</ref>  Candidates may be treated to a [[mock interview]] as a training exercise to prepare the respondent to handle questions in the subsequent 'real' interview.  A series of interviews may be arranged, with the first interview sometimes being a short ''screening interview'', followed by more in-depth interviews, usually by company personnel who can ultimately hire the applicant.  Technology has enabled new possibilities for interviewing; for example, [[video telephony]] has enabled interviewing applicants from afar, which is becoming increasingly popular.
* '''Psychology'''. Psychologists use a variety of interviewing methods and techniques to try to understand and help their patients. In a [[psychiatric interview]], a psychiatrist or psychologist or nurse asks a battery of questions to complete what is called a [[psychiatric assessment]]. Sometimes two people are interviewed by an interviewer, with one format being called [[couple interview]]s.<ref name="P-G-2015">{{cite journal|last1=Polak|first1=L|last2=Green|first2=J|year=2015|title=Using Joint Interviews to Add Analytic Value|url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/using-joint-interviews-to-add-analytic-value(dfe3fe1b-df7e-43f9-b6a1-6ed14f8300f1).html|journal=[[Qualitative Health Research]]|volume=26|issue=12|pages=1638–48|doi=10.1177/1049732315580103|pmid=25850721|s2cid=4442342}}</ref> Criminologists and detectives sometimes use [[cognitive interview]]s on eyewitnesses and victims to try to ascertain what can be recalled specifically from a crime scene, hopefully before the specific memories begin to fade in the mind.<ref name="Memon, Cronin, Eaves, Bull">Memon, A., Cronin, O., Eaves, R., Bull, R. (1995). An empirical test of mnemonic components of the cognitive interview. In G. Davies, S. Lloyd-Bostock, M. McMurran, C. Wilson (Eds.), Psychology, Law, and Criminal Justice (pp. 135–145). Berlin: Walter de Gruyer.</ref><ref>Rand Corporation. (1975) The criminal investigation process (Vol. 1–3). Rand Corporation Technical Report R-1776-DOJ, R-1777-DOJ, Santa Monica, CA</ref>
* '''Marketing and Academic'''. In [[marketing research]] and [[academic research]], interviews are used in a wide variety of ways as a method to do extensive personality tests. [[Interview (research)|Interviews]] are the most used form of data collection in [[qualitative research]].<ref name="Jamshed 87–88" /> Interviews are used in marketing research as a tool that a firm may utilize to gain an understanding of how consumers think, or as a tool in the form of [[Cognitive pretesting|cognitive interviewing]] (or cognitive pretesting) for improving questionnaire design.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=Gordon |title=Cognitive interviewing: A tool for improving questionnaire design |publisher=Sage |year=2005 |isbn=9780761928041 |pages=146}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Park |first1=Hyunjoo |last2=Sha |first2=M. Mandy |date=2014-11-02 |title=Investigating validity and effectiveness of cognitive interviewing as a pretesting method for non-English questionnaires: Findings from Korean cognitive interviews |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13645579.2013.823002 |journal=International Journal of Social Research Methodology |language=en |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=643–658 |doi=10.1080/13645579.2013.823002 |s2cid=144039294 |issn=1364-5579|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Consumer research firms sometimes use [[computer-assisted telephone interviewing]] to randomly dial phone numbers to conduct highly structured telephone interviews, with scripted questions and responses entered directly into the computer.<ref name="uslabor">{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/bls/glossary.htm|title=BLS Information |date=February 28, 2008|work=Glossary|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services |access-date=2009-05-05}}</ref>
* '''Journalism and other media'''. Typically, reporters covering a story in [[journalism]] conduct [[Interview (journalism)|interviews]] over the phone and in person to gain information for subsequent publication. Reporters also interview government officials and political candidates for broadcast.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQusAgAAQBAJ&q=news+interview+invented&pg=PA1|title=Interviewing for Radio|last=Beaman|first=Jim|date=2011-04-14|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-85007-3|language=en}}</ref> In a [[talk show]], a radio or television host interviews one or more people, with the topic usually chosen by the host, sometimes for [[entertainment]], sometimes for informational purposes.  Such interviews are often recorded.
* '''Other situations'''. Sometimes college representatives or alumni conduct [[college interview]]s with prospective students as a way of assessing a student's suitability while offering the student a chance to learn more about a college.<ref name="twsBostonGlobe4" /> Some services specialize in coaching people for interviews.<ref name="twsBostonGlobe4">{{cite web 
| author= Sanjay Salomon 
| date= January 30, 2015
| publisher= Boston Globe
| url= http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/2015/01/30/can-failure-resume-help-you-succeed/uTBdq9A7LfXXF7vVOlG9oM/story.html
| title= Can a Failure Resume Help You Succeed?
| access-date= January 31, 2016
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</ref> Embassy officials may conduct interviews with applicants for student visas before approving their visa applications. Interviewing in legal contexts is often called [[interrogation]]. [[Debriefing]] is another kind of interview.