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I would like to think it was certainly emailed because I can't imagine a live interviewer getting those kind of answers and continuing in that vein; I really wa
by technomancy 11y ago
I would like to think it was certainly emailed because I can't imagine a live interviewer getting those kind of answers and continuing in that vein; I really want to assume the only way that could have happened was if there was no real back-and-forth between the interviewer and the interviewed.
- dang 11y agoIt's a standard thing NYT does and it's pretty obvious that the questions are pre-written and sent as a batch. http://www.nytimes.com/column/by-the-book http://www.nytimes.com/column/by-the-book
- nornagon 11y agoAlas, what a lazy approach. An opportunity wasted.
- dang 11y agoI don't think that's fair. It's one of several standard types of interview, and legit in its own right, as long as one doesn't confuse it with the others. It's not like Ursula Le Guin hasn't done plenty of face-to-face interviews too.
- technomancy 11y ago> It's one of several standard types of interview Except it's not actually an interview. Call it a Q&A or something if you like, but "interview" implies back-and-forth conversation.
- dang 11y agoThat's fair enough re my usage of the word, but the article never calls itself an interview, and the point that this is a well-known standard format holds. Let's not dismiss things for shallow reasons.
- anifow 11y agoMore appropriate to call it a questionnaire than an interview.