How to achieve a successful interview and using the sound booth;

The key features to an interview are;
- Good operation of the equipment; with some sound capturing devices small sounds are picked up incredibly easily, something like the swinging of cable or fumbling with buttons, and will ruin the recording, leaving you in a bit of a pickle.
- Reasonable questioning; too many questions will sometimes mean you miss key/important information because you're not listening properly.

Interviews need to sound like unscripted chats and the best way to achieve this is to limit the number of questions you have written and instead use what the interviewee has to said in answer to those as a starting point for others.
You need to listen to what is being said so that answers can prompt unscripted questions. All questions should be simple and straight forwards, but allow discussions as using closed questions are a bit of a pain; 'yes'' and 'no's' aren't what listeners want to hear.
Questions should be asked one at a time, as more than one can cause a commotion.
Finally, do your research so interviewees aren't always presented with the same questions in different interviews. They will get bored.

How to use a sound booth;
1. Gotta turn the thing called the mixer on. The switch is usually on the back panel.
2. Make sure the two master faders are all the way up.
3. The far left hand fader controls the mic, and the mic should be plugged into the fader.
4. Turn on the PC and open Adobe Audition.
5. Start recording, quite obviously by pressing record which is usually a little red dot icon. (Make sure the speakers are turned off!)You have to select 44100 as the sample rate, then stereo format, then 16-bit resolution.
6. Once recorded play back recording, by turning down the mic fader on mixer.