Impressing an interviewer, especially on technical subjects  is largely beyond your control.<p>However, when sizing up a candidate&#x27;s potential &#x27;cultural fit&#x27;, hiring managers still tend to hire people they like.<p>Being likeable, that is being friendly-- can go a long way creating a favorable impression.  Express a genuine curiosity in the individuals you meet with and what they do, ask intelligent questions, try to find common areas of interest.<p>In sales, they call it rapport building-- it&#x27;s a practiced skill-- tremendously powerful and underappreciated asset.