The latter, njdiners.com, has a chatty section on road trips and "The Happy Waitress," a regular interview with a diner employee.
"It is important to prepare for a telephone interview just as you would for a regular interview," said Alison Doyle, a job search specialist for About.com, which is owned by The New York Times Company.
They're sitting here with me and I'm relaxed and I'm leaning back in my chair and making them lighten up so much that I find out more than they'd ever tell anybody in a regular interview.
Artists will sometimes talk about such matters, but in my experience they are less likely to do so in a regular interview, where an expert is asking them questions such as "Can you tell me about your process?" Indeed, it's likely that they are most forthcoming without a questioner altogether.
At the heart of the process is the case interview, which has components of a regular interview and aspects of the case-study method used at many business schools.
A director may be speaking into the moderator's earpiece, but only to note how much time has elapsed and how many minutes each candidate has spoken for there's no producer to feed you accurate information, as might happen during a regular interview.
