As someone hiring right now, I feel your pain and, while I hope I compare favorably to the interviews your describe, I wish I was better.<p>My one piece of advice: read Nick Corcodilos&#x27;s Reinventing the Interview:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Ask-Headhunter-Reinventing-Interview-Win&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0452278015" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Ask-Headhunter-Reinventing-Interview-W...</a><p>The basic idea is demonstrate you can provide value to the company, and you have the skills to do the job.  If you&#x27;re stuck with a disinterested interviewer asking irrelevant questions, make it about the job you&#x27;ll do and your ability to succeed in the job.  He has concrete suggestions.  I say, if they&#x27;re not open to that and it is clearly not working, tell them you it is not going to work out and stop the interview rather than enduring another miserable experience.