Friday, November 12, 2010

How to Make your Television Interview a success

Media orientation should be given to the person who is attending the interview in TV studio to make it a success. Following tips may help give his / her best

Ø Don’t be nervous or show fear on your face as each emotion will reflect your feeling

Ø Be active and friendly, bring zest and power in your talk

Ø Make face to face and eye contact with the interviewer

Ø Don’t try to see camera or walls or divert attention on something else

Ø Bring your thought into a small gist and deliver the answer briefly

Ø Anticipate possible tough questions and practice accordingly

Ø Please prepare to answer the questions in easy to understand language for common audience to grab it

Ø Don’t use many technical words which common audience can’t understand if it is mandatory try to explain what exactly it means

Ø Try to avoid speculative questions and tell the interview openly I can’t guess / speculate

Ø Interviewer may ask tricky questions / negative queries …answer them steadily and don’t repeat answers again once you are done. Try to add positive statement with negative answer

Ø Your outlook should be neat and fresh in the sense..Be neatly shaved,be like a professional,wear coat and tie,remove the name plate from your coat,Don’t wear chains,rings as they shine a lot in the light.Please put the microphone to tie and ensure it is not visible before camera

Ø Don’t ever wear shining / fancy clothes while going to TV Studio.Generally white, light sky blue clothes are suggested

Ø Please switch off the camera and don’t keep anything in your shirt pocket (i.e mobile, money etc)