Be on time. Give yourself a 10 to 15 minute cushion.

Be professional. Wear a suit to the interview, even if it is a business casual environment.

Most interviews start with a question along the like "tell me about yourself". This is an opportunity to give a verbal overview of your qualifications and experience. We have found that the following three-level explanation technique is an effective way to deliver your message.

• Business function: First, start with a couple sentence overview of your previous company and/or division and what business function they were in. For example, my last project was with 'X' Corporation, they are a manufacturing company providing 'Y' to the telecom industry. Keep it short and at a high level.
  
• Technical environment: Next, explain the overall technical environment. Start high level then drill down. For example, "PeopleSoft was our ERP running in a Solaris environment with Oracle as our primary dbms. WebSphere was our application server supporting.".
  
• Specific role or position: After you paint the overall picture with the business and technical overview, then explain your specific job responsibility. Give specific and detailed information about your role, what technologies you used, how you used them, what you accomplished and what your responsibilities were.

When explaining your previous jobs, there should be a logical sequence, usually chronological either backward from your most current position or forward from a logical starting point, such as college.

Think through your previous roles and positions and be ready to discuss and give examples of how you: created success, handled difficulty, what you liked and didn't like, your greatest challenges and how you worked with co-workers and users.

Be prepared. Review the client website and know what the client does before you go in for the interview.

Have a prepared list of job or company related questions ready to ask the interviewer