Quotes About Interview

In an exclusive interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network Donald Trump said "I believe in god." But of course The Donald was talking about Himself.

Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.

I heard that you did not have a judge to interview this month in the Bulletin, so I thought I'd help out. Besides, with the Stock Market tanking recently, it reminded me of the good old days.

When I interview someone, I know in the first two minutes if I like them or not. I find that if it's easy to talk to someone and I see an openness and honesty and integrity, then I usually hire them.

You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.

When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'

I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor.

I did a radio interview; the DJ's first question was "Who are you?" I had to think. Is this guy really deep, or did I drive to the wrong station?

Degree lets you to the chair of interview, but it cannot provide you job

The hiring rules are strictly followed, no matter who the applicant. Not long after she graduated from Harvard, Molly Munger applied at Munger, Tolles for an associate's position. She interviewed with Carla Hills, but Hills did not offer her a job, allegedly because Molly had not made the Harvard Law Review. Apparently in Hills estimation, that meant Molly's credentials weren't quite up to Munger, Tolles's standards.4

MADONNA WASN'T GOING to give it up to a regular reporter. We thought first of asking Norman Mailer to do the piece, but in retrospect that could have been an ego train wreck. She agreed to Carrie Fisher. (Carrie said she was our "lower-budget alternative.")

Protecting you, Mallory. I've always protected you. Don't you remember your job interview? All those rude and nasty questions about your qualifications? I was trying to scare you away. I tried scaring all the candidates away. But you were persistent. You really wanted to be here. And Caroline thought you were the solution to all our problems.

The same language, even in the camp of the Huns, was used by his ambassador Apollonius, whose bold refusal to deliver the presents, till he had been admitted to a personal interview, displayed a sense of dignity, and a contempt of danger, which Attila was not prepared to expect from the degenerate Romans.

oral history is ultimately ... a document that we do not find but rather cocreate inside the interview

The interview is two things at once: a tool for research, and the opening of a narrative space.

it is important that we enter the interview with a great degree of flexibility, ready not only to accept the narrator's agenda but also to modify our own.

The interview is not a question-and-answer session, but the offer of a narrative possibility

The inter- view is about the past—like all other historical sources, it provides us with factual information that can be verified and critically scrutinized—but is of the present...These are living voices, voices that speak with us now

An interview, then, is a moment in a relationship between times: the time of the events, the time of the telling, and, when we factor in the archive, the time of listening.

The interview gives us access not to the experience but to a verbal rendition of the memory of that experience, generated by the presence of the interviewer.

The interview, then, is a historical and social event ... In the interview, we are the coauthors, the cocreators of a document that, to some extent, is about us as well as about the persons we interview.

When I interview someone, I want to know how ambitious they are or whether they are just thinking about a job as a stepping-stone to something else. Apart from their qualities and qualifications, I want to measure the level of their commitment. I always look for enthusiasm, for a positive attitude, for eye contact and for personal courage.

I see many founders waste too much time trying to work their networks and/or ultimately settle for mediocre but available candidates. You will definitely have to interview hard for cultural fit, but the best talent isn't cheap.

I spent three days with Don King, and I interviewed 45 people. I studied his speech, his mannerisms. He invited me to a couple of fights, and I watched him.