Plato's prisoners mistook shadows for the world. Most interview and interrogation training does the same thing — 1950s confrontation repackaged as "non-accusatory" and "research-based." Here's how to tell the difference and why the upgrade to science-based interviewing is worth your training dollars.

Handed your first internal interview with no training? Follow eight steps, from a one-page plan to a word-for-word opening script, and run it fairly and defensibly.