Professor Alison Wood Brooks

And as a viewer, you're like, oh, you were making progress towards the crux of the issue.

But I think that's what I'm talking about.

Like, how do you make sure you're moving in the right direction as the group?

Yeah, I think that's true.

I think that's true.

I prefer one-on-one.

I prefer the depth.

And small talk feels really disingenuous sometimes.

It's interesting because I was with a colleague of mine the other day and we were interviewing some people.

So just say we're interviewing three people.

The first interview, I told her to lead the interview.

Okay.

And I enjoyed the interview because I could watch her go in her direction, felt very like a straight line.

The second interview, I didn't say anything.

And what happened is I started asking them a question.

Now I'm sat there asking this guy a question because I'm trying to figure out this particular answer.

So I'm kind of like circling this issue, not kind of giving it away.

And I'm getting one step closer and another step closer.

And then my colleague comes in and asks a completely different question.

like oh and i'm like oh no i was like so close to figuring out this thing about them that i suspect is a red flag so like and then she um she came and asked the question and then i'm like oh my god no no i have to go right back to this completely different subject and stop and you're never going to get your answer so anyway afterwards i had a conversation with her and i said listen when we do interviews i think we need to clarify who's leading that's right i'll sit and listen when you do it then when i do it you sit you know yep and so i i think that's part of it