Scheduling interviews is absolutely nerve-wracking.
You can write down every single thing you want to say, but then that leaves you sounding like a recorded message. Not a good thing when you’re actually speaking to the person. You can wing it, and wind up with fifteen hundred “Uh”s and “Um”s peppered throughout your conversation.
Neither option conveys the impression that you are, in fact, a very good writer with a very legitimate reason for interviewing people.
I have no problem with the actual interview. I like to talk, I love to listen, and I’m pretty darn good at transcribing my own shorthand and taped recordings.
It’s just the scheduling that is so awkward for me! Weird. Annoying. Gnarf.
