As someone hiring right now, I feel your pain and, while I hope I compare favorably to the interviews your describe, I wish I was better. My one piece of advic

As someone hiring right now, I feel your pain and, while I hope I compare favorably to the interviews your describe, I wish I was better. My one piece of advice: read Nick Corcodilos's Reinventing the Interview: http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Headhunter-Reinventing-Interview-Win/dp/0452278015 http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Headhunter-Reinventing-Interview-W... The basic idea is demonstrate you can provide value to the company, and you have the skills to do the job. If you're stuck with a disinterested interviewer asking irrelevant questions, make it about the job you'll do and your ability to succeed in the job. He has concrete suggestions. I say, if they're not open to that and it is clearly not working, tell them you it is not going to work out and stop the interview rather than enduring another miserable experience.