How to Cite an Interview In-Text in MLA

Using an interview in your research paper gives a readers a firsthand account of the topic. Modern Language Association style has three ways to cite interviews on a bibliography and one in-text method. The bibliography citation depends upon whether you are using a personal interview you conducted yourself, an interview published in a printed reference or an interview published online. Yet the in-text citation is the same regardless.

Step 1

Cite any interview according to the last name of the interviewee for in-text citations. You do not need a page number for interview citations.

Step 2

Back up the in-text citation with a corresponding entry in the bibliography. Cite interviews that you have conducted with the interviewee’s name and the date.

Step 3

Cite published interviews in print or broadcast form with the interviewee’s name, the title of the interview, the publication name, the date, page numbers (if applicable) and the medium.

Step 4

Cite online interviews similar to other published interviews. Include the name of the website and the access date.