Sadly there is hardly any correlation between your PhD skills and interview skills...once you get to the interview, all the previous stuff is out. Only how you

Sadly there is hardly any correlation between your PhD skills and interview skills...once you get to the interview, all the previous stuff is out. Only how you handle the interview matters. Not saying this is optimal, but thats the brutal truth. So if you go in thinking you will impress anyone with your credentials, you will be humbled. Learning to interview in relevance to today's practices is often skipped over - and people are stunned that their brilliance was not recognized. If you spend 10+ years getting a top class education, might as well spend an extra 6 months understanding the interview stuff too.