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Immediately after the interview, check your notes to see whether you wrote down all the responses you may want to use in your speech. If you did not get everything in your notes, write down the person’s answers while the interview is still fresh in your mind. If you cannot remember an answer accurately, contact the interviewee to clarify his or her response rather than guessing. For any answers you want to use in your speech, run them by the interviewee to make sure you’re quoting or paraphrasing him or her accurately. And no matter what, send a thank-you note to the person.