Interview Techniques

Question types
There are many types of questions you can ask in an interview, Open, Closed, Single and multiple are just four of them.
An open question is a question where the interviewer is attempting to get a descriptive answer out of the interviewee. The interviewer will often achieve this by using the 5 W's ( who, what, why, where, when ) and How.
A closed question is often used in survey's or small interviews like red carpet interviews.They are often used to get short one worded answers like yes and no.
Single questions is simply just one question. They are often used in vox pops's to get information of a variation of people.
Multiple questions are questions that can be used in extensive interviews or questionnaires. They can be used to get a lot of information out of one person or an opinion. They're are a variation of questions asks in the interview below with actor Warwick Davis. The main types of questions asked are closed questions as it is a red carpet interview and usually people don't have a lot of time to waste.

A good interview always depends on the style of the interview. If the style is hard news, tough questions will be asked. Hard news is often breaking news or anything to do with politics or stories that the public will want to here about. a good example of hard news is the Election debate in 2011 between Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Gordon brown. Hard news is on occasions used with a live public audience which adds more emphasis to it because it shows that a lot of people are very interested in the topic which is been discussed.

If the style is light-hearted news, the questions will tend to be very soft and the interviewer will be held in an alot more calmer environment. Light-hearted news is often used when a celebrity has a child or when there is news that the public aren't to fussed about but some show an interest in. Jonathan Ross interviewing David Beckham is a very good example of Light-hearted news because it is a very calm interview which covers many aspects but in a light-hearted way.

The structuring of an interview is in some words the interviewers 'agenda'. The way a good interview should be structured is:

Introduction Question

Developmental Questions

Confidence building

Key Questions

Soundbites

Summary

Wind-up 

This type of structure in an interview will always get the best answers out of the interviewee.