Most interview question lists are one long undifferentiated dump. This one is arranged by phase, because the question that works twenty minutes in would fall flat as an opener. Use the phases as a spine and pick the handful in each that suit the person sitting opposite you.
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Start with a head start
Seven phases, with questions you can lift straight into your notes
A working bank of podcast interview questions arranged in the order a good conversation actually moves: warm-up, context, origin, substance, difficulty, lessons and close. Take what fits your guest and leave the rest.
FAQ
Send the themes rather than the exact wording. A guest who knows the territory arrives prepared; a guest who has rehearsed answers to specific questions gives you a recital instead of a conversation. Telling them the phases above is usually the right amount.
Hilite records both sides locally, removes the ums and gets you a publishable episode without a separate editor.
Keep exploring
How to start an interview podcast ↗
Format, booking and the production decisions that come before the first question.
How to record a phone interview ↗
Getting usable audio when your guest is not in the room.
Remove filler words ↗
Clean up the ums across a long interview without flattening the conversation.