"How to Conduct an Interview"

The article describing how to conduct an interview is helpful, if a bit overly prescriptive.  I found it a little unnecessary to require that the interviewer bring two pencils and a stenographer's notebook or legal pad.  Many of the preparatory recommendations seemed common-sense to me, but I suppose the writer is assuming the reader has never conducted an interview before, so it is necessary to be thorough.  I did appreciate the arrangement of the article--specifically the distinctions between the four stages that precede writing.  Additionally, the separation between arrangements and preparation is useful in illuminating the different steps required in before conducting an interview.  I found the suggestions for reconstruction were most helpful to me, since they gave specific tips about how to process the interview (as) immediately (as possible) and make sense of notes in order to utilize them best in the actual writing process.