Reply #26: I agree with you

[Empowerer]

He spend much too much time trying to "nail" her and prove that she wasn't telling the truth during the interview rather than getting her on the record with specific responses that could later be analyzed, which is what a really good interviewer does. Only Perry Mason is truly effective with the "aHA - caught you in a lie!" method of questioning.

He also let her trap him into arguing over minute, irrelevant details, such as how many partners were in the coalition - and she trapped him into admitting that she was right and he was wrong on that point - a point that was quite irrelevant in the larger scheme but was effective for her.

I got the impression he was thinking throughout the interview about what a great takedown he was doing rather than listening to her answers and formulating questions designed to elicit additional answers. It was unfortunate because he missed a great opportunity.