Two of the best interviewers I've seen are Michael Parkinson and Andrew Denton. I've spent some time watching them trying to find what makes them so good, and I

Two of the best interviewers I've seen are Michael Parkinson and Andrew Denton. I've spent some time watching them trying to find what makes them so good, and I think I've figured some of it out The both have two abilities 1. They get out of the way. Both understand, which so many interviewers don't, that we're interested in the story the interviewee has to tell, not the interviewer. Their job is simply to bring out the best in the person opposite. 2. They have an instinct for a potentially interesting story, and are skilled at detecting and then drawing this out of the interviewee.