Job Interviews Are About Solutions, Not Questions

One of the things I tell my candidates during interview prep is to pretend the interview is their first day on the job, and they're talking about what they're going to be doing on the second day.  It's a way to put the right "attitude" in the candidates mind.

By focusing on what the job actually is, and talking about it, you create a mental picture in the mind of the hiring manager of you working along her.  If she can picture it, she's more likely to hire you to make it real.

Advice columns and even blogs get bogged down in the excruciating minutiae of interview questions, but the basic principle is always the same.  The hiring manager has problems, and they want to hire someone who can solve that problem. 

There are interview techniques using behavioral interviewing, benchmarks, and assessments that are effective, but they require trained interviewers with and valid data. If you're lucky enough to have a company that pays for that, then you're better off following that path.  For the majority of us who lack those resources, focusing the interview on the job at hand will yield better results than following a list of "interview questions."