pre-interview
Noun
Meaning
pre-interview (plural pre-interviews)
A preparatory interview or conversation done before the actual interview.
Examples
I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.
For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided the outcome, why don't I just hand in an essay? Maybe if we talk we'll find something out. I'd rather just have an awkward pause.
So you mentioned something in the pre-interview notes or questions about how one of the other key marketing channels that you guys focus on is with SEO.
Then, once the cameras start rolling and he begins asking actual interview questions, they realize that the person they've been talking to is not a crew member doing a pre-interview but the actual show host.