Orlando Sentinel reporter Sara Isaac has come up with some good advice for job-seekers, as well as interviewers:
Let the other person do the talking.
Hiring managers seem to favor people who let them do most of the talking -- and some candidates seem to know this, allowing interviewers to talk on and on.
The source for the article, who manages the Business Assistance Center at Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg, recommends that interviewers talk 20 percent of the time and listen 80 percent of the time.