That's an inetresting approach, KMF. I've tried to approach an inetrview as though it were an audition and tried to psych myself into playing the self confident part of myself. It does work.
On the subject of the interviewer, they can be just as bad as the person being inetrviewed. In interviewing others, I have always tried to make them feel comfortable and then ask them situational questions to se their thought process and problem solving abilities. Basically trying to find out what their judgement process is. I've been in interviews where the HR person or hiring manager is doing all the talking. i usually leave feeling like I know little about teh job expectations, the company, the atmosphere, etc and will write them off immediately.
I was once interviewed by someone who had been on vacation and had no idea that HR had set up an interview for her she made it very clear that she was busy an was just squeezing me in since I was already there. She proceeded to eat breakfast while we met, had no idea what the job paid, what the benefits were or what exactly the responsibilities would be other than "Getting the admin staff to stop whinning because the sales team treats them badly. The sales people are the money makers and they are under stress."
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