Richard Ben Cramer Quotes

Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.

You've gotta understand - when you interview someone, it's not an interrogation. It's not the Nuremberg Trials.

I think the long interview has an important life.

I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.

It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like a candidate controlled ad. An interview is not programmed by the candidate and so the candidate can't be exactly sure what will be asked.

The thing about interviews is that if someone interviews you, and they're an idiot, then they make you sound like an idiot, too. They ask you stupid questions, and they bring you down to their level. It's tempting to not ever want to talk to anybody, but you can't do that.

I'm not a good interviewer.

Because I come from the place of interviewing, I know how to answer a question giving you what you need to hear and not a minute more.

I have spent a long time being asked questions in interviews, so I've experienced it on the other side but I'm really not afraid to ask any question myself.

If you're coming to do an interview with me, you should know about me. It's not that it's 'cos I'm Wizkid; I'd even hate it if you were coming to interview my friend and asked him the same question. You're here for an interview, so you should know who you're doing the interview with.

In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you won't get the job and will spend the rest of your life foraging for food in the wilderness and seeking shelter underneath a tree or the awning of a bowling alley that has gone out of business.

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

I like doing interviews. I really do.

If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.

I am really bad at actually interviewing people.

I do not believe that I have had an interview with anybody in twenty-five years in which the person to whom I was talking was not annoyed during the early part of the interview by my asking stupid questions.

I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.

When I'm interviewing somebody I don't work from prepared questions.

If you get too excited about any one interview, you're making a mistake, because people do cancel.

I have a hard time with interviews, because I'd rather hear about the interviewer.

I was told one time never to go longer than an hour in an interview because you reveal yourself too much, but I never follow that rule.

I'm not a big fan of the interview. It's a lot of questions I don't have answers for, a lot of questions about the music industry.

I'm not a very good interview, usually.

I think interviews are good when you are an actual fan of the person you are interviewing.