Instead, make it a forum for your accomplishments and suitability for a particular job. Take your cues from their moods, listen carefully to their questions, pause before answering, then volunteer selective, pertinent information. If a meeting starts crisply, then becomes informal, adjust with the mood. However, if your interview remains formal, don't try to informalize it yourself. Present yourself will, but let interviewer set the tone.
Employers prefer candidates who show they really want a job.
After a brief stint as head of business affairs in an entrepreneurial venture, Fischer was laid off for the first time in his career. Fischer's attitude was that he deserved a job. He would interview with potential employers and fail to follow up with telephone calls. He showed little interest in available positions. Instead, he thought employers should seek him out.