Interview Structuring

All interviews that take place or have taken place no matter if it's a good or bad one have to follow or should follow the interviewing structure.
Interviewing Structure

• Intro 
• Developmental Questions
• Confidence Building 
• Key Questions 
• Sound Bites 
• Summary 
• Wind-Up 

Intro
All interviews start with an introduction, this is used to introduce the guest or topic being discussed to the audience. It can also help to boost the guest's confidence about the interview through the way they are introduced by the host.
Developmental Questions

Developmental questions lead on from the introduction of the guest or topic in good interviews. These are used to help to set the mood of the interview and can help to relax the guest and ease them in to the conversation. The questions are usually light heated, an example of this would be saying, "Welcome, how are you feeling today?". These developmental also can be used to help build rapport from the very beginning of the interview.

Confidence Building

Next in the interview structure come the confidence building questions these are asked before the key questions and are used to help build up the interviewees confidence so that when you ask your key questions they open up more and give you more detailed answers to your questions. Another advantage of asking confidence building questions before the questions is that it will help to get rid of any nerves the interviewee may have.
Key Questions 
The key questions are the chunk of the interview and are the most important part of the interview as they are normally what the interview is based around. The key questions are usually asked around the middle of the interview as you have given the guest chance to relax and get comfortable which means they are more likely to open up. However if the key questions are sensitive, emotional and personal they are more likely to be left until near the end of the interview so that they feel even more comfortable answering your questions.

Sound Bites
Sound bites are generated after the interview usually from the most important part of the interview which will be the key questions. These sound bites will likely be used afterwards on the radio or in news packages and VT's.
Summary 
The summary of the interview is where you ask one more final question at the end of the interview which would normally be related to the key questions you have asked and this helps to wrap up the whole interview. 
Wind-Up
The wind up part of the interview is one of the last things you do and it just brings the interview to a close. You would leave the interview on a light hearted note and thank the guest for taking time out to be interviewed no matter if you had different opinions on the matter, this is so that you can ask for another interview in the future.

The interview above between Taylor Swift and Alan Carr is a good example of excellent interview structuring as Alan Carr follows it perfectly and when you watch the interview you can see this.

Alan Carr starts the interview off by introducing Taylor Swift as, 'The biggest thing in pop'  and also he offers her a drink which can help to make her feel more welcome. He then moves on to his developmental questions when he asks her about her moving into her new apartment in New York and she answers by talking about how it used to belong to Sir Ian McKellan and how long it took her to be able to view it.  Also they talk about the last time she was here and he gives her a cat picture which helps the audience to see that it will most likely be a light hearted interview. This shows that through him following the structure she is starting to open up and that it is helping to build rapport between the two. He then asks her the confidence building questions by asking about her family and cats and says to her, "So you are back with your new album", which also boosts her confidence as that is what she is there to promote. This question also leads on to the key questions of the interview where he asks about her new album and how she promoted it through having house parties at her home with her fans. By her giving out so much information so freely, shows that she feels comfortable to do so. The sound bite for the interview if needed is generated from the interviews key questions. Alan Carr then summarizes the interview by going back to talking about her album and talks about how she's about to perform her new song from her album. He winds up the interview by saying, "Thank you to Taylor here’s her latest song."