"Tell me about one or two projects you've done in the past that stand out for some reason. Maybe you learned a new technology over the course of it, got to inte

"Tell me about one or two projects you've done in the past that stand out for some reason. Maybe you learned a new technology over the course of it, got to interact with cool people, got shipped off to a different country, had weird clients, got a killer contact. Maybe the project was a total disaster. Doesn't matter what happened or how long ago, just something you found memorable." Get them talking about what things they get emotionally invested in. You learn a lot about someone this way. The trick to good interviewing is putting the candidate at ease. When someone's future is on the line, they behave very differently, and preform worse than they would in a regular work environment. Asking questions like "what have you done well" and "what mistakes have you made" will favor narcissists, because they will embellish, whereas those more on the neurotic side will take more blame, and dislike taking credit. So put them at ease. You'll get far more real answers that way.