The Great Interview Experiment

Citi­zen of the Month is doing The Great Inter­view Exper­i­ment again.

Here’s how it is going to work. The first per­son who com­ments on this post, will get inter­viewed by me. I will read the person’s blog, then email him ten or so spe­cific ques­tions, hope­fully more about his life (what makes them tick) than their favorite blog­ger (too obvi­ous! — me). I’ll give my inter­vie­wee as much time as nec­es­sary to answer the ques­tions, but hope­fully he’ll fin­ish it by next week. There might be a back-and-forth if the per­son feel uncom­fort­able with a ques­tion, etc. or if I want to explore a topic fur­ther. Finally, when it is all writ­ten up, I will pol­ish the draft, send it back, and the inter­vie­wee can proudly pub­lish the inter­view on their own blog.

It doesn’t end there. While I am inter­view­ing the first com­menter, he will be inter­view­ing the sec­ond com­menter. The sec­ond com­menter will be inter­view­ing the third com­menter. Each per­son should then put their own inter­view on their own blog, or on the interviewer’s blog, or both (your choice!), answer­ing the ques­tions as openly and hon­estly as he chooses. Not only will this give oth­ers a new way to know you, but we will sab­o­tage the idea of an inter­view only being for “some­body.” Every­one is somebody.

Will you try it? Are you ready for a ran­dom inter­view as both the inter­viewer and the inter­vie­wee. It’s a bit dan­ger­ous. A bit risky. But you might find your­self meet­ing some­one great you never would have found elsewhere.

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