How do you write a conclusion to an interview article?

Answer 1

You have several options when you complete an interview. One option is to just let the person you are interviewing (called the "interviewee") have the last word, and you end with what he or she said in response to your final question. To achieve this, ask a question which in some way sums up or gives some sort of concluding point. The other way to end such an article, if you are writing it as an article, is that you (the interviewer, the author) write the conclusion-- often a summation of what was discussed or a re-statement of the interviewee's main points. For example, let's say you interviewed Governor Frank Jones. You could conclude by saying something like: Throughout the interview, which lasted thirty-five minutes, the governor was insistent about not raising taxes, and he repeated that pledge several times.

Another way to conclude is to discuss what happened when the interview ended. Let's say you interviewed Senator Marsha Smith. And at the end of your interview, she said she had to get back to the senate for a vote. You could conclude by saying something like: After she answered the last question, the senator looked at her watch, telling me she was due to cast a vote, and headed back to her office.