Step 6: Follow the interview protocol, using a level of standardization appropriate to the interview structure; maintain control of the substance and pacing of the interview.

Because the interview is less structured and is intended to encourage a wide range of thinking regarding the curriculum packet, you are ready to reiterate the focus of the interview if the discussion digresses and to monitor the timing of the interview closely. Because all the interview questions are similarly open-ended (there are no brief "information" questions), you make sure you are at least halfway through the interview questions at the 30-minute mark (assuming a one-hour interview).