5 Questions to Ask a Washington DC Interview Video Production Company Before You Hire Them

Producing an interview video is a task that virtually any business owner in the DC area is bound to face either for marketing purposes or for direct to employee communication needs. Whether you’re producing an interview video for a customer testimonial, a case study, or a corporate film, planning is essential to the process. Before you can possibly produce the video of your dreams, you’re going to need to hire a Washington DC Interview Video Production Company to work with.

At Beverly Boy Productions, we understand that hiring a Washington DC Interview Video Production Company to work with is a big task that requires your careful consideration. To help you make sure that you’re taking the right steps ahead of the process and to ensure that you hire the right professional team for the job, we’ve put together a list of the most important questions to ask the professionals that you are screening ahead of your hiring decision.

Asking these questions will help you to decide, comfortably, and with absolute satisfaction, that you’ve hired the best Washington DC Interview Video Production Company for the task at hand.

How Do You Choose Which Clients are an Ideal Fit for Your Team to Work With?

This is important because you really want to know if the Washington DC Interview Video Production Company that you’re thinking about hiring is one that is going to choose you to work with, or if they’re one that is going to let you choose them.

Ideally, you always have a choice of who to work with, but you really want to work with a production company that makes the choice to work with you. You need to know that they feel good about working with you, that they don’t choose every client that comes across their desk, and that they make decisions to partner with clients based on projects that they are passionate about.

Can You Describe Your Favorite Interview Video & Why You Loved It?

If you’re going to hire a Washington DC Interview Video Production Company, you need to know that they have past interview videos that they’ve worked on and loved and you need to know that they have a passion for this kind of work. A lack of passion is going to quickly stand out to your target audience, and it could make your video less than ideal.

Asking the team to describe their favorite interview, and what it was that they loved about it so much will help you to decide whether or not they appear to have the passion that you think they need to have for your own project.

If You Were Hired, What Would the Process Be Like?

This is important because you need to know that you hire a production company that is going to mesh well with your team. If they don’t have a solid process laid out for how they go about taking on new projects, you might not feel very comfortable working with them.

Likewise, if they’re not comfortable talking about the next steps in the process if you were to hire them for the interview video, it could be a sign that they’re not prepared to take on your project – both are potential red flags that shouldn’t be overlooked.

What is Your Ideal Best Customer Like?

They don’t have to describe you or your business to a “T” but they should have some traits that you feel comfortable stating that you have personally. For example, if you ask what the ideal customer is, and they say, “My ideal customer is someone that is ready to work with me on the project from start to finish, has a lot of creative ideas, and enjoys working together on execution,”.

But you’re the type that is looking for a team that has all of the creative ideas because you’re not the creative type, and you don’t really have much time to chime in on your project so you’re looking for a team to take the lead, this may not be a good fit.

What Do Your Past Clients Love Most About Your Work?

Past clients might not have the same mindset that you do, so it’s okay if the Washington DC Interview Video Production Company says that they have a past client with a different idea or love for the work that was done, but the goal here is to be sure that the company has an idea of past clients that they’ve worked with who are happy with their work.

You’re basically looking to hear about past clients, what kind of projects the company worked on, and what the client had to say about the project. This is going to show the amount of interaction that the company has had with clients in the past, it will show the relationship that was built, and it’s going to show expertise in the industry – all are important to the success of your project. 

As you can see, hiring a Washington DC Interview Video Production Company like Beverly Boy Productions is a huge task that really does require you to carefully consider all of your options. Make sure that you’re taking your time and that you’re asking these, and other, screening questions to ensure you’ve made the best choice.