So you finished the interview, you're perhaps still on camera? Should you reach over and shake the reporters hand to be gracious after all, that's polite? Well, it depends The answer is not as obvious as you would think, in most cases, local TV reports, friendly or broadcast things that are not politicians or major financial players. If it's a public affairs program, most of the time, that's a good thing. When you're seeing shaking hands with the host the anchor that creates a bond between you and the person. The audience likes, they watch this person every week or every day sometimes so it forms more of a bond.

There are exceptions. There are some cable TV networks, CNBC in the United States and its branches around the world Bloomberg Television, where they actually have a rule with their staff that they don't want to be seen as too chummy with They're guests they don't want to make it seem like it's all just a bunch of buddy buddy stuff everyone colluding together shaking hands a little cabal. So they actually prohibit their anchors from being seen shaking hands with the staff. Once I was at Bloomberg Television doing it profile interview having one done with me, and at the end of the interview, I reached over, shook the anchors hand who interviewed me. He's like, sorry, TJ now we have to do the final segment over again. I'm not allowed to use footage of me shaking hands.

So it was a lesson I learned the hard way. I want you to learn the easy way from my mistakes. When in doubt. If you haven't seen the show a lot, you don't know what's the customer? Just ask the reporter asked the producer or the Booker in advance. Hey, is it okay?

If I shake hands at the end of the interview, they'll be very happy to tell you one way or the other.