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Recruitment is a serious business and the speed interview is not a substitute for a formal, in-depth interview. It's simply a way of helping candidates decide which companies they'd like to concentrate their time and efforts on.

Oprah was famous for going to a garden party and ad-libbing. She could literally interview people for a half hour about nothing, and it was entertaining. She had her own show before she had her own show.

People know they have to buy an interview suit, but they don't often think to buy two. You'll often have a first, second, or even third interview, sometimes one right after the next. In those cases, you've got to have two outfits.

I saw this cool interview with Amy Adams from when she did 'Enchanted' and played a princess, and when kids came up to her with no make-up and ripped jeans on, she said, 'I'm off duty. I'm an off-duty princess', and I thought that was quite sweet.

I see many founders waste too much time trying to work their networks and/or ultimately settle for mediocre but available candidates. You will definitely have to interview hard for cultural fit, but the best talent isn't cheap.

I will interview bigwigs if I get the chance, but you are seldom surprised by people in power - you've got to get awfully damn close to get anything new.

I was 11 and always watched TV and cartoons and I would always kind of point at the cartoons and say, "I want to do that." And a friend of mine got me an interview with their agent and that was it. I just kind of started pretending for a job. That was it. I pretended for a living.

Jimmy arranged to buy the film rights to the book. He wanted to meet her and interview her in December, and, of course, we had to go with him.

I think Danica Patrick hit the nail on the head in an interview recently. There have only been a certain amount of women who have wanted to get in a car and go 200 mph. I wish that I could be doing a little bit better, but I think (the future) is going to be incredible.

I remember watching Regis and Kathie Lee interview celebrities, and my mom looked so happy. I just did the math. I wanted to make my mom happy, and I wanted to talk to celebrities. Basically, I wanted Kathie Lee's job!

Our investigator arrived on the scene after 4 p.m., so he had only about an hour of daylight left. Most of the work he will need to do in the immediate future is examine the wreckage. I am sure that is what he is doing today. He will examine the wreckage, draw diagrams and interview any eyewitnesses to the crash. Incidentally, he will be drawing upon the maintenance records of the plane.

I'm so fascinated about this. I have so many friends who are hitting 40 and are flipping out. I think it hasn't been talked about so I'll be interviewing a bunch of people about it. I want to interview movie stars and rock stars, people on the street and then I want to interview Hillary Clinton.

I think this was different that the situation in Oakland two years ago. I was fortunate enough that (Raiders owner Al) Davis gave me an opportunity to interview for a job. It was the first time I had ever gone through that process. After two weekends with him, I felt like I could interview with anybody. It really helped me grow a little bit. I think the timing today, the timing now, the timing this year was right, and I took advantage of the opportunity.

I suppose we could analyze the game. But more than likely we'll interview the 'Desperate Housewives' cast during the first half, then stage a round of 'Dancing With The Stars' in the north end zone during second-half timeouts.

I was just looking for the best person out there. I know he's a fabulous guy, and I think he's a great coach. I heard a lot about him, and in the interview it was all confirmed.

I was just overwhelmed with not only his story but the way he told it. He's such a thoughtful, intellectual, moving person. You could hear a pin drop in our interview room when he was done telling us a story.

I went to her interview before the Women's British Open, and I couldn't believe how full the room was. It was overflowing. When Annika went in there, it was 25% full. The buzz for Michelle was amazing.

I went to the Cubs six, seven times and said, 'Will you please allow me to interview for this job?'

I suspect that it's going to be tempting to throw out this resume because I don't have a bachelor's degree. I made a conscious choice to do my learning in the real world. I've done things that I never could have done if I had been sitting in a class. I'm a go-getter, but now we've reached the moment of truth. Will you interview me?

J.K. Rowling called in May to invite me to her house and interview her on the day of the new book's release, ... I had to stay up all night to read through the entire book in time for the interview.

It is hardly a process at all. It is more like a lottery. It has become a rather squalid competition with no set procedure, shrouded in Big Power secrecy. They don't even interview the candidates.

It is a style of broadcasting that has been missing from the New Zealand television landscape for a number of years. The longer length interview format will give me the opportunity to find out what makes the guests tick.

I think (they waited) because they still had others to interview ... and at the time Mr. King was still weighing the possibility himself, ... His experience has given him more training than anyone else.

I think he was arrested because he had given an interview with a journalist and they discovered he was in Khartoum.

I was very disappointed in the interview with Connie Chung. I thought he lost the opportunity to bring a lot of answers to the questions surrounding him.

Katie is a world-class reporter. There aren't many people in this business who can conduct an interview as well as she can. It's no wonder Don Hewitt was chasing her for years to be on this broadcast, and it's exciting that it's finally going to happen.

It is not important to know what facts are true, ... The relationships portrayed are real. My mother did have a job interview with my father. She worked alongside him for awhile;, they dated, were married and had a family. She never did get to the World's Fair.

It is also able to set up campus interviewing where companies come to the school to interview students. It makes it easier for students to have the chance to attend interviews if we can bring the interview to them.

The problem with being a journalist is you go places and you're working. You don't get to appreciate everything. But I got enough of a sampler of South Africa; I thought, 'I want to come here when I don't have to interview people for a living so that I can really enjoy it.' Because I think it was just a magnificent place.

The president does not regret one word of his interview with Le Monde, which is very clear.

The president has said for quite a while now that we support European diplomacy, and we've been giving full backing to that effort. In the interview with Israeli radio, he was merely reiterating the government's position. Our policy hasn't changed.

We don't have anything to date to show us that it's anything other than that, ... That's the one thing we know we have is a missing person. We're continuing to interview people. We're following leads. Leads are still coming in, but most of them are not leading us anywhere.

We are investigating both of these incidents. They (investigators) have requested that all data from both incidents be preserved and investigators will interview controllers.

The assessment team is comprised of law enforcement practitioners from out of state, but comparable, agencies, ... Assessors will review written materials, observe operations and interview personnel in order to validate compliance among the applicable standards.

The assistant principal immediately notified us, and we went out to do an interview with him. From the time we found out about it to the time we obtained his letter of resignation was a little over an hour and a half.

The association is extremely happy with the selection process. We had applications from across the United States and through the interview process, we strongly feel that we have picked the best candidate for the job.

We know that the accusing witness has conducted a comprehensive media interview within a few days of this alleged brutal assault, so I certainly cannot understand why the identification procedure would have taken this long to conduct, nor do I understand why it would have taken such a long period to prepare the report.

I was ready to move on with my career, and I learned of the Johnston position after I agreed to interview for a position in Nebraska. On the way back, my wife, Donna, and I decided to drive through Johnston to see just how interested we would be in coming here should an opportunity present itself. We immediately liked what we saw.

I was promised faithfully that that interview would be done at least after the election and I believed it, ... And the only thing I can say is, I doubt if you read the whole interview or you wouldn't have asked the question in that way, and I would just urge the American people, if they're hearing all this talk, to read exactly what was said.

Most assaults on officers occur when a prisoner is being transported or moved about the building for questioning. Once a prisoner is in the holding area, they stay here. If a detective or officer has to interview one of them, it's done here.

Most hiring managers interview a lot of people. So many that they generally have to go back to their notes to remember candidates - the exception being candidates with a strong hook. Sometimes these hooks are how people dress or their personality, but the best hook is a strong story that's work-related.

You lie to these people you interview to get information from them, right?

You'll drive yourself nuts. It's a crazy process. It's a job interview for four months. For four months, you've got to be perfect.

I would love to interview Michael McKean and his wife, who wrote the songs for 'A Mighty Wind,' which is my favorite Christopher Guest movie. I'm just a sucker for any funny guy that has a wife who is intelligent and that he collaborates with.

We need to finish sorting everyone out. The interview process is rather cumbersome.

We believe this number to be unacceptable, ... I would like to meet with you to discuss the complaints, your interview processes, and ways that IAMG can assist your agency with improving your minority hiring at the Library/Museum facility.

When you're done, you get to interview with a department you're interested in. It's really awesome.

We have received permission to interview and possibly sign Herman Edwards as the next head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. If an agreement is reached with the coach, then we will give the New York Jets our fourth-round draft choice in 2006. The NFL has approved the compensation if or when we come to an agreement with Herm.

We decided it would be better to interview the candidates and have them answer the questions instead of doing it ourselves. It just made sense to do it this way because we wanted something different than everyone else. We thought it would be more applicable because the elections are the biggest thing happening in Payson at this time.

We did interview his father. We have talked to his mother. At this point we've talked to some friends, those who knew him well, but there's not a lot of answers.

We did interview one person. And I cannot provide additional details on any evidence seized. But no one was arrested.

We have I.D.'d the man and will attempt to interview him and see what his intentions were.

We posted that in the early evening. That generated extensive coverage in the media, most of which credited USA TODAY. We then gave our readers an extended interview and full details in the next day's paper.

We're not sharing information with respect to passenger and crew interview data at all. We have never, ever given it up.

We were all excited about how the interview was going. I was thrilled to have him back, but it was a little bittersweet because we saw what Coach Ball had to offer also. This time around when a position became available I didn't need to do any interviewing.

The fact that the Reagans were not particularly hospitable to the Bushes during the eight years of the Reagan presidency was a well-known fact in the White House and in Washington. The Bushes were and remain loyal to Reagan's memory, but the interview I had with them in December of 1988 made their private frustrations clear, and it is naturally embarrassing for them to have to confirm those feelings in public.

We will examine everything, from building-security issues to our interview procedures,

When coming to the end of an interview: 'You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality'.

We're not necessarily changing the name of the hospital. What we are doing is significant. We will be moving forward with doing quantitative and qualitative research. A consultant will interview physicians, board members, employees and community opinion leaders. She will get a feel about what the community thinks about BCH and what they believe its image to be.

We want to try and gather as much input and information as we move into the interview process.

When I wasn't selected for an interview for council, I kind of thought this might be coming,

When we went to interview her, she almost canceled. But she had been with her daughter that morning and was thinking if, God forbid, something happened to her daughter that someone would come forward and do the right thing.

was the runner-up to Roberts in the first selection process, but the word in legal circles is that she did not do well in her interview with the president and now is out of the picture.

Whether or not this will be a reality, I have absolutely no idea, ... The only thing I do know is this: If we can't have an interview in which we're able to ask the questions we want to ask, then there's no point in doing it.

We spoke to him but it didn?t appear he comprehended the situation, ... We ended the interview almost immediately.

We requested that the committee defer its request for a staff interview at least until after the August recess or until such time as we were better informed. We never received a response to this letter.

Vernon Jordan is an individual who I understand helped Monica get an interview with a public relations firm in New York where she was eventually going to -- and may still -- park herself as an entry-level intern or apprentice, or whatever they call it in that trade.

At this point in time, the board's credibility is in question due to reports that they have yet to interview a single outside (CEO) candidate. Potential candidates, meanwhile, are indicating a lack of interest in the position because of the delays in the search process and the uncertainty regarding when Mr. Eisner will leave the Company.

Between that committee and the principals, they will form an interview committee and go from there.

Contrary to any rumours I have not sold my story. I am going to do an interview with the BBC for which I will receive no payment.

We are anxious to begin the interview process and genuinely hope to have our successful candidate in place by July.

What I wanted to do was hear what men actually had to say. I didn't interview any women for the book.

Benson said in an interview after the vote. ''I think this law finally puts all parental notification on the same footing.

To interview your spouse's firm and then be part of a recommendation to council to say 'Hire this firm' -- that's going to benefit her bottom line.

We felt a lot better when we left the interview with him. He is a fine, fine man and he has high integrity and I have confidence in him.

Every interview is about showmanship. Every person who walks into an interview is operating at a level of showmanship. The only question is whether you are aware of it and whether you follow the principles of good showmanship.

At that interview I did a lot more listening than talking,

As I speak, the office is preparing to interview them, but it will be premature of me to say that they will be charged.

Think about the expertise that is necessary to approach an interview with a victim of that age. That's not something that just any officer is capable of or has the facilities to do. It has to be done in a very controlled environment.

Think about what you want the other person to know so you don't spend the entire interview simply answering questions. By only answering questions, you miss opportunities to deliver key points if the other person on the other end of the phone doesn't ask you a question to trigger one of these points.

The story was more gracious than we were expecting after hearing all the interview hype. Obviously, Nike doesn't support drinking and skiing, or drinking and sports activities.

We've identified a short list. ... We're already involved in the interview stages, and we're well on our way to having our coaching position filled in the next five to 10 days.

An interview is all about your answers to the company's questions,

It was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview to state-controlled Iraqi TV, especially at a time of war, and it was wrong for him to discuss his personal observations and opinions in that interview,

You got the interview because the company believes you have the necessary skills to handle the job. The interviewers are looking for 'fit.' Before making a job offer, they need to know that you mesh with the corporate culture.

We almost thought there was no need to interview anyone else. When you have a Hall of Fame manager say, 'I really like this guy,' you listen.

We've got a lot of really great people interested in tackling this job. We're just into (the interview process) one day and I've heard so much about our tradition and how much it's meant to people and why people want to head up the Reds.

Um, I'm doing an interview with Wisconsin Radio in a few minutes, and then I'm supposed to fly to Washington to do 'Hardball,' but I'm waiting to see what happens with the hurricane (Katrina). My life is really kind of surreal right now.

We wanted to put something definitive down for the record, but the conditions were two friends talking one-on-one. It makes it a revealing, honest interchange of feelings and thoughts that no interview would have been capable of doing.

Bob's broad range of interests, his quick wit and his deft interview skills will engage viewers in the best King tradition, ... We are delighted that he will be filling in for Larry from time to time.

We went through an extensive interview process and he displayed the best vision and team building and leadership skills.

Perhaps at no time in the recent past has the need for quality city leadership been more critical to Mesa than it is now. We want Mesa residents to know as much as possible about the people who are running for a chance to provide that leadership, and The Republic's forum gives citizens an excellent chance to eyeball the candidates and give them the kind of job interview necessary for an educated vote.

The thing about Interview is that it's very flattering. I guess that's all most magazines are. They take the new, up-and-coming star and make them seem like they possess whatever qualities are popular... regardless of whether they have them or not.

Read all you can about it, interview experts on it, even travel to the sites of the story to guarantee authenticity and get a feel for the background.

Every witness interview and every victim interview and statements he made to us are consistent with the evidence at the scene, and it points to the fact that this was a deliberate and intentional act,

But the media picked out the negative stuff. ... Don't show snippets of the interview; show the whole interview, the whole message. My message during the interview was: How do we make the game more appealing to the fans?

The governor has a great working relationships with senators from both parties. He regrets that comments he made in a recent interview were interpreted as bravado. The governor's intent is to always focus on policy proposals and options rather than personalities.

During the interview process, Pete told me that the team had three girls six feet or taller, and a point guard (Kim Rich). That definitely piqued my interest, but it also made me wonder how a team with all those ingredients could be around .500.

During the interview process, the adjectives about Joe were consistent: prepared, smart, competitive, communicative. All the things we were looking for in a manager.

One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.