ASIS PCI - INTERVIEW AND
INTERROGATION: Q&A
A meeting in which a person is asked about his personal view is
called? ✔ Ans - interview
To ask question, especially formally is called what? ✔ Ans
- Interrogation.
The key difference between interview and interrogation is?
✔ Ans - Is in the person being interviewed.
What is the purpose of an interview? ✔ Ans - aid an
investigation into the truth
According to Fay, List four objective of an interviews
✔ Ans - 1. To obtain valuable facts . 2. To eliminate the innocent.
3. To identify the guilty. 4. To obtain a confession.
As the general rule of thumb is when the interviewee becomes a
subject, target or the accused person, is called what?
✔ Ans - interrogations.
A major consideration for interviewee is what? ✔ Ans -
Privacy of the interviewee.
An interview with a suspect who is expected to be uncooperative
where is the most appropriate place? ✔ Ans - Interview
room or security office.
Describe the ideal chair for an interviewee? ✔ Ans - A
straight chair with a padded seat and back, and without rollers,
should be provided for the interviewee.
Why overstuffed and reclining chairs should be avoided?
✔ Ans - They encourage slouching or leaning back. Such
positions are psychologically undesirable, as a suspect who is too
