The other day I tried doing an interview with Ben Giesbrecht over MSN, and it did not turn out the way we wanted. First reason being because my interviewing skills are far below the bar. Secondly because it's awkward trying to ask a friend questions you already know the answers to. Here's basically how it went.
jordan=orange/ ben=seafoam/
well, let's just wing it./ k/ don't put any dumb pictures on/ okay. no dumb photos./ I'm pretty sure you don't need an introduction because if anyone reading this blog doesn't know who Ben Giesbrecht is they must be dumb./ I guess./ good luck with that./ with what/ finding no dumb photos./ who says I need a photo? What photos? This is a verbal interview/ I'm not like "Okay, next question, lets see a photo of your bicept."/ oh I just thought/ no one just likes to stare at words./ you need something to grab their attention/ yeah, true./ I did just get the entire adobe cs3 suite, extended, so I can photoshop finally!/ maybe I should make a ben's face colage/ is this the interview yet?/ yeah, it started at "let's just wing it."/ ok/ its a pretty casual interview, hey?/ yah your supposed to ask me questions./ yeah/ but your not./ yeeahhhh/ how's red deer?/ you're at work right now aren't you? how is that going for you?/ it's going alright, the other day... hey wait a minute!!/ I ASK THE QUESTIONS/ You answer them./ k then ask me a question!/ so hows kelowna?/ you're at home right now aren't you? how is that going for you?/ kelowna is bland/ so is being home right now/ where would you rather be right now?/ do I only get to pick just one?/ there's no rules in this interview. Remember? It's casual/ i don't know./ helsinki/ i'd rather be in helsinki/ yeah.../ that's a pretty shitty answer/ we need more than photos to keep the reader's attention/ k i meant i'd rather be in red deer with you/ we need a decent interview/ ask a decent question/ man. this interview sucks. hahaha/ want to restart/ i need to work on my interview skills. how did your interview with levi go so good? [check ben's old blog bengiesbrecht.wordpress.com]/ i don't know/ it was golden/ yeah.../ i think we need a topic/ yes/ like cats on leashes/ moving out?/ the weather?/ haha. this will just be like the levi interview/ how about those lakers?/ i like moving out. that's cool/ i could think of some good questions for that./ k/ and dont give me those one-word answers. get some depth/ are we restarting/ yeah. we're going to restart right NOW/
At this point, the interview only went downhill. I started asking legit questions, Ben gave me legit answers. The only problem was that the interview was sooooo boring. I think this part was alot more interesting, and after reading this you would get a much better understanding of who Ben Giesbrecht is and my relationship with him.
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Ah yes, interviewing Ben, i did that as well but for a school project
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