A combative interview is considered to be an aggressive interview style towards the interviewee. It’s a quite common interview style that is used when the interviewee is reluctant to give out information. The reasons for using this style of interviewing is that it puts the interviewee under pressure to give out more information then they would previously have wanted to.
An example of combative interview is:
In this interview Fox’s Bret Baier interviews President Obama for Fox News.
This interview is notably combative, with a frustrated President Obama feeling that Bret Baier won’t let him finish his sentences. At one point Obama said “Bret, let me finish my answers here,"
For example, here's a portion of the transcript straight from Fox:
BAIER: So how can you
OBAMA: the notion that
BAIER: guarantee that they're not going to
OBAMA: so but
BAIER: they're going to be able to keep their doctor
OBAMA: Bret, you've got to let me finish my answers
BAIER: Sir, I know you don't like to filibuster, but
OBAMA: Well, I'm trying to answer your question and you keep on interrupting. So let me be clear.
At the end of the interview Baier did apologize to Obama for his repeated interruptions but explained it was only because he wanted to get as much information out of him as he could.
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