When you're a about to do an interview, will you have very clearly in your headys, this is going to be a how too, or this isGoing to be a hero's journeya? A hundred percent. I go in thinking, what? What's the structure that i want to have to this? And i do that, frankly, even when i'm at a dinner party. If you see me at a dinnerparty, i might go with more of the ser tis interview. It's because i've been hunting, hunting, hunting. They forget about the hunt. Same with a with an interview that has to do with more of a hero’s journey,
Andrew Warner is an entrepreneur, author and the founder of Mixergy, a platform for interviewing the world’s top founders. In this episode we discuss:- Andrew’s techniques for learning anything from anyone, based on 2000+ interviews - How to interrupt someone, ask tough questions and rescue bad conversations- Strategies for building a thriving content business around interviews
We also discuss how Andrew improved his interviewing over time, what he learned from some of his interviewing heroes like Charlie Rose and the key mistakes to avoid for new interviewers.