Roger Dow, vice president and general sales manager of Marriott Lodging, has no patience for that sort of nonsense. In the interviews he conducts, Dow sticks to actual business issues. The candidate he's looking for will present at least the broad outlines of a solution that will have a favorable impact on profits. That's not to say the new interview is all about function, that personality doesn't count. Showing that you belong, that you are motivated and enthusiastic, is still as important as demonstrating that you can do the work.
Women often smile more, and they have a rising intonation at the end of a sentence.
In the end, it makes you subservient. But don't overcompensate, warns Corcodilos. The most successful women I know in business have ignored the traditional male back-slapping. And being feminine isn't necessarily a liability in an interview. If this seems like too much to take in, don't worry.