In every interview, the trick is not to answer questions the best but to uncover the true need. The person interviewing you is not interested in great, flowery resumes and speeches but to discuss solutions to problems they have.
The candidate must find out what motivates the interviewer and most often it is given to them in the questions asked.
For instance I had a candidate yesterday asked by the interviewer "How do you deal with multiple assignments that must be done Yesterday when assigned to you?". Now instead of answering this question directly you might be better off asking a question to the question. Analyze Why this question might be asked. For instance you can ask:
- "Glad you asked that question…in my last job I encountered this often. Does this happen from the same or multiple departments?"
- "I'm usually very good at assessing priorities. Is this pretty standard here?"
- "May I ask, before I answer, how many projects are usually assigned and are these usually quick fix type of projects?"
Any of these give very good insight into the issues and what is motivating the employer to hire a candidate. If you just anser without covering the NEED or PAIN that's driving the motivation of the interviewer, you may just walk out of there wondering what just happened. Why did the interview go South so quickly.